"It's time to speak the language that President Trump understands," Swedish MEP Karin Karlsbro tells As It Happens host Nil Kӧksal.

At an emergency meeting in Brussels on Sunday afternoon local time, France pushed for the European Union to use the "Anti-Coercion Instrument."

Kirill Dmitriev, Special Representative of the President of the Russian Federation and head of the Russian Direct Investment Fund (RDIF), commented on the idea of the European Union using a "trade bazooka" against the United States on January 21.

European leaders met in Brussels on Sunday to weigh how to respond after Trump threatened sweeping tariffs. One option: the "trade bazooka." The post Explaining Europe's ‘trade bazooka' as the EU considers its first-ever use appeared first on Straight Arrow News.

The European Union appears to be considering whether to deploy its "Anti-Coercion Instrument" — characterized as a "nuclear option" to try to deter trade disputes — as the threat of a 30% tariff on EU imports looms large. A number of EU member states ...