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Politico (12 February 2025)

By Tim Ross, Camille Gijs and Koen Verhelst

European ministers will hold emergency talks on Donald Trump’s escalating trade war on Wednesday, where there’ll be one question on everybody’s mind: How hard should they push back against the United States leader?

“We have to respond. We can’t just do nothing,” said one EU diplomat, who like others in this story was granted anonymity to discuss the sensitive matter. “Negotiating is always best,” another Brussels official added. A third advocated taking both approaches at the same time. 

The risk of shouting back is clearly that it will further antagonize the maverick MAGA leader, while the risk of holding off is that he’ll be encouraged to go further.

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