A recent survey indicates a sharp decline in global trust towards the United States following Donald Trump's return. The US is losing its standing as a respected global leader. China has surpassed the US in global favorability,

Severing ties with Washington would cause trouble for Russia’s EU neighbors, Finance Minister Rimantas Šadžius said.

The failure of the EU to agree on a trade agreement with the US shows that Brussels is no longer a priority for Washington, experts claim.

GENEVA (Reuters) -Switzerland has moved to the front of the queue for a trade deal with the United States, U.S. Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent said on Monday, after the Alpine country hosted surprisingly successful U.S.-China trade talks this weekend.

The EU’s strategy is to speak with one voice as the US president uses the threat of steep tariff hikes to try to persuade countries, like Switzerland , to sign bilateral trade deals that would be advantageous to America.

The United States has grown less popular around the globe since President Donald Trump returned to office. The 2025 Democracy Perception Index, commissioned by the Alliance of Democracies, found that a majority of people surveyed around the world had an overall negative perception of the U.

President Donald Trump announced on Monday that he intends to require EU countries and other nations to pay higher prices for drugs produced by American pharmaceutical companies while also pushing these companies to lower prices in the U.

The European Union is planning to counter President Donald Trump’s efforts to lure companies to the US by easing the bloc’s regulatory burden on sectors from autos to chemicals to aeronautics.

According to unnamed European diplomats, Trump’s involvement has shifted the dynamics of potential peace negotiations. Suddenly, Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy felt compelled to accept Russian dictator Vladimir Putin’s invitation to negotiate in Istanbul on May 15,