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France and the European Union staked out strong positions on trade with the U.S. as global tensions escalated in the face of tariff threats.

Unions are pressing companies they bargain with to disclose details of what they’re doing with savings from the Trump tax cuts, the latest move by organized labor to pressure corporations to pass

The brewing trade dispute between the U.S. and China is taking aim at American farmers in a way that could have an impact on the midterm elections.

Germany’s governing coalition pushed back against President Donald Trump’s criticism of a gas pipeline with Russia.

Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg will testify before a joint hearing of the Senate Judiciary and Commerce Committees, the panels’ chairmen said Wednesday.

The party of Britain’s only ever female prime ministers has revealed that on average it pays its female employees more than its men.

Russia’s spy chief accused the U.K. and the U.S. of poisoning a former double agent to maintain Western unity against Moscow.

President Donald Trump signaled he’ll take "strong action" Wednesday on border security after earlier promising to deploy the U.S. military.

A super political action committee focused on bolstering House Speaker Paul Ryan’s agenda and Republicans’ effort to maintain control of Congress said Wednesday it raised a record $15 million during

President Donald Trump said a trade war with China was “lost many years ago” by his predecessors.

Bloomberg's Emma O'Brien and Kevin Cirilli discuss Chinese tariffs on U.S. goods and possible White House reaction. They speak on "Bloomberg Surveillance." (Source: Bloomberg)

Anti-tobacco activists turned the tables on a populist party in Austria’s ruling coalition by submitting more than half a million signatures against a reinstated law that allows smoking in bars and

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Trump has turned their plight into a rallying cry against illegal immigration.

Brazil’s Supreme Court is to rule on former President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva’s plea to remain at liberty despite a lengthy prison sentence.

French President Emmanuel Macron renewed his pledge to overhaul swathes of the French economy on Wednesday, disregarding a crippling train strike that is poised to last weeks and students blockading

Egyptian authorities have arrested the editor of an independent news website for operating without a license, the latest episode in a widening crackdown on independent media, officials said Wednesday.

Bloomberg’s John Follain discusses Italian politics. He speaks with Guy Johnson on “Bloomberg Markets: European Open.” (Source: Bloomberg)

The anti-establishment Five Star Movement said it’s ready to go into government with any of Italy’s major parties -- except Silvio Berlusconi’s Forza Italia.

The shrinking of Donald Trump’s legal team has opened a gap in criminal law expertise that could expose the president to legal risk if he agrees to be interviewed by Special Counsel Robert Mueller.