Donald Trump’s top trade negotiator has warned the EU that trade remains a “flashpoint” with Washington, as US officials grow frustrated at the bloc’s slow pace in cutting tariffs and regulations.

"I'm trying to convince them that winning the way Donald Trump is winning in America is the way to go," said the U.S. commerce secretary.

Yahoo Finance is chronicling the latest news and updates on President Trump's plans to impose tariffs on goods from other countries.

BRUSSELS — The EU’s push for the U.S. to scrap its tariffs on steel and aluminum has opened the door to an old demand from Washington: Loosen your digital rule book, and we’ll meet you halfway.

Jamieson Greer, a hawk on trade who shares Donald Trump’s belief that tariffs can force a rebalancing of the global economic order and return manufacturing jobs to the US, has a curious backstory that spans stints working, proselytising and studying across Brussels, Luxembourg and Paris.

The United States on Monday demanded that the European Union make its regulation of the tech sector more "balanced" in exchange for a reduction of U.S. tariffs on steel and aluminium imports from the bloc.

As the European Union seeks to wrap up unfinished business before the end of the year, Elon Musk is once again taking center stage.

French President Emmanuel Macron said he has threatened China with tariffs if Beijing fails to take steps to reduce its massive trade surplus with the EU, in remarks published Sunday. During his visit to China,

Spain will use only about a quarter of European Union loans meant to help EU members recover from the 2020-21 pandemic as its fast-growing economy can issue debt without EU curbs and deadlines, its economy minister told Reuters on Wednesday.