Is Europe, the world’s geopolitical punching bag, ready to hit back at the US and China?

Is Europe, the world’s geopolitical punching bag, ready to hit back at the US and China?

For over a year, Europe has become the world’s geopolitical punching bag, taking economic roundhouses from the east and geopolitical uppercuts from the west without ever swinging back. From US President Donald Trump’s tariffs and covetous glances at Greenland to Beijing’s rare earth embargoes and lightning blockade of semiconductor shipments, Europe’s first response has been to freeze, not fight. But now, it may be ready to counterpunch. After a fresh Trump tariff threat emerged last week, a...

By Finbarr Bermingham