Kevin Whitelaw
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Managing editor for Americas weekends, Bloomberg News
Texts from top Trump administration officials as they discussed planned attacks on Yemen makes plain their contempt for European allies www.bloomberg.com/news/article...
Trump Cabinet Messaging Breach Confirms Fears of European Allies
The exposure of private texts between top US officials offered unique insight into their planning for strikes against Houthi militants earlier this month. The messages also laid bare the full extent o...
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March 25, 2025 at 7:09 AM
Texts from top Trump administration officials as they discussed planned attacks on Yemen makes plain their contempt for European allies www.bloomberg.com/news/article...
The EU plans to allow countries to return people without the right to stay in the EU to so-called return hubs in third countries, as the rise of anti-immigration parties is pushing the bloc to take an increasingly tough stance www.bloomberg.com/news/article...
EU to Propose Allowing ‘Return Hubs’ for Rejected Asylum Seekers
The European Union plans to allow countries to return people without the right to stay in the EU to so-called return hubs in third countries, as the rise of anti-immigration parties is pushing the blo...
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March 11, 2025 at 10:40 AM
The EU plans to allow countries to return people without the right to stay in the EU to so-called return hubs in third countries, as the rise of anti-immigration parties is pushing the bloc to take an increasingly tough stance www.bloomberg.com/news/article...
NEW: Russia is willing to discuss a temporary truce in Ukraine provided there is progress toward a final peace settlement, sources say www.bloomberg.com/news/article...
Putin Ready to Agree Ukraine Truce With Conditions
Russia is willing to discuss a temporary truce in Ukraine provided there is progress toward a final peace settlement, according to people familiar with the matter in Moscow.
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March 7, 2025 at 3:58 PM
NEW: Russia is willing to discuss a temporary truce in Ukraine provided there is progress toward a final peace settlement, sources say www.bloomberg.com/news/article...
Bloomberg speaks with the man behind Javier Milei and Elon Musk's chainsaws. He's making another for Donald Trump. www.bloomberg.com/news/feature...
Musk and Milei’s Chainsaw Maker Is Crafting Another for Trump
Mariano ‘Tute’ Di Tella, a fan of the Argentine president, crafts custom power saws in Buenos Aires. The Texas Chain Saw Massacre was his childhood inspiration.
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March 6, 2025 at 2:39 PM
Bloomberg speaks with the man behind Javier Milei and Elon Musk's chainsaws. He's making another for Donald Trump. www.bloomberg.com/news/feature...
Germany called for the EU to reform its fiscal rules to allow countries to make bigger defense expenditures without running afoul of the bloc’s budget rules, sources say www.bloomberg.com/news/article...
Germany Urges EU to Ease Fiscal Rules to Boost Defense Spending
Germany called for the European Union to reform its fiscal rules to allow countries to make bigger defense expenditures, a massive shift for a country known for its spending restraint.
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March 5, 2025 at 1:43 PM
Germany called for the EU to reform its fiscal rules to allow countries to make bigger defense expenditures without running afoul of the bloc’s budget rules, sources say www.bloomberg.com/news/article...
Belgium is charting a path for the EU’s EV transition by tweaking taxes on company cars, a change that has turned the former laggard into a leader www.bloomberg.com/news/feature...
Europe’s EV Market Gets a Surprising Boost From Company Cars
Belgium’s changes to company-car taxes is charting a path for the EU’s transition to cleaner transport.
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March 5, 2025 at 7:28 AM
Belgium is charting a path for the EU’s EV transition by tweaking taxes on company cars, a change that has turned the former laggard into a leader www.bloomberg.com/news/feature...
Donald Trump’s administration is using freedom of speech as the latest line of attack on the EU in a campaign that’s shaking the foundations of an alliance that stretches back to the dawn of the Cold War www.bloomberg.com/news/article...
Trump Free Speech Attack on Europe Sets Up Big Tech Fight
Donald Trump’s administration is using freedom of speech as the latest line of attack on the European Union in a campaign that’s shaking the foundations of an alliance that stretches back to the dawn ...
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February 21, 2025 at 8:09 AM
Donald Trump’s administration is using freedom of speech as the latest line of attack on the EU in a campaign that’s shaking the foundations of an alliance that stretches back to the dawn of the Cold War www.bloomberg.com/news/article...
EU top diplomat Kaja Kallas on Trump's team's Russia negotiations:
“What we see from the media, it seems to us that many things have been already taken off the table before the negotiations have even started and I don’t think it’s a very good negotiation tactic.”
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“What we see from the media, it seems to us that many things have been already taken off the table before the negotiations have even started and I don’t think it’s a very good negotiation tactic.”
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EU’s Top Envoy Says Common Bonds for Defense Are on the Table
The European Union’s top diplomat touted joint bonds as an option to massively rebuild the bloc’s military might, while criticizing the Trump administration’s early negotiating tactics on resolving Ru...
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February 19, 2025 at 1:49 PM
EU top diplomat Kaja Kallas on Trump's team's Russia negotiations:
“What we see from the media, it seems to us that many things have been already taken off the table before the negotiations have even started and I don’t think it’s a very good negotiation tactic.”
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“What we see from the media, it seems to us that many things have been already taken off the table before the negotiations have even started and I don’t think it’s a very good negotiation tactic.”
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Polish Finance Minister Andrzej Domanski said the EU needs to show more solidarity on defense spending in the face of “mixed signals” from the US. www.bloomberg.com/news/article...
Poland Urges EU Solidarity on Defense Spending After US Shock
Polish Finance Minister Andrzej Domanski said the European Union needs to show more solidarity on defense spending in the face of “mixed signals” from the US.
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February 18, 2025 at 6:34 PM
Polish Finance Minister Andrzej Domanski said the EU needs to show more solidarity on defense spending in the face of “mixed signals” from the US. www.bloomberg.com/news/article...
Donald Trump is expected to unveil his new plan to settle the ongoing conflict in Ukraine. These new demands might just break the EU. www.bloomberg.com/news/feature...
Trump’s Ukraine Plans Mean a $3 Trillion Bill for European Allies
Whatever the US president decides is his goal for Ukraine, one thing is clear: Europe isn’t ready to shoulder its huge share of the burden.
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February 13, 2025 at 8:47 AM
Donald Trump is expected to unveil his new plan to settle the ongoing conflict in Ukraine. These new demands might just break the EU. www.bloomberg.com/news/feature...
European natural gas prices rose to a two-year high as colder temperatures accelerate the depletion of the region’s storage facilities and US tariff threats risk upending global supplies www.bloomberg.com/news/article...
Europe Teeters Toward Energy Crisis as Gas Reaches Two-Year High
Europe is teetering on the edge of its next energy crisis after natural gas prices soared to the highest in two years.
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February 10, 2025 at 4:58 PM
European natural gas prices rose to a two-year high as colder temperatures accelerate the depletion of the region’s storage facilities and US tariff threats risk upending global supplies www.bloomberg.com/news/article...
Hacks followed deep cost-cutting from the private equity buyout of tech company Citrix. Now the strategy's architect is working on Elon Musk's Department of Government Efficiency team. www.bloomberg.com/news/feature...
Musk DOGE Pick Led Cybersecurity Cuts at Citrix. Hacks Followed
Tech CEO Tom Krause dismissed engineers and slashed expenses after the remote-work company’s leveraged buyout. His company says defenses improved. Now he’s consulting at the US Treasury.
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February 10, 2025 at 11:13 AM
Hacks followed deep cost-cutting from the private equity buyout of tech company Citrix. Now the strategy's architect is working on Elon Musk's Department of Government Efficiency team. www.bloomberg.com/news/feature...
On his first day in office in January, President Donald Trump signed an executive order putting a 90-day hold on all US overseas assistance. The decision could be fatal for some who rely on US medical programs www.bloomberg.com/news/article...
USAID Cuts in Kenya Reveal Risks to Lives and American Influence Worldwide
Freezing aid funds jeopardizes critical healthcare programs and security cooperation with important US allies around the world
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February 7, 2025 at 12:04 PM
On his first day in office in January, President Donald Trump signed an executive order putting a 90-day hold on all US overseas assistance. The decision could be fatal for some who rely on US medical programs www.bloomberg.com/news/article...
While US-led export controls on Russia have primarily targeted weapons components and high-end chips, a less threatening product shows just how hard it will be for Donald Trump to squeeze Vladimir Putin’s economy: Japanese grand pianos. www.bloomberg.com/news/article...
Smuggled Grand Pianos Show Trump’s Challenge in Pressuring Putin
While US-led export controls on Russia have primarily targeted weapons components and high-end chips, a less threatening product shows just how hard it will be for Donald Trump to squeeze Vladimir Put...
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February 4, 2025 at 8:23 AM
While US-led export controls on Russia have primarily targeted weapons components and high-end chips, a less threatening product shows just how hard it will be for Donald Trump to squeeze Vladimir Putin’s economy: Japanese grand pianos. www.bloomberg.com/news/article...
Donald Trump's crackdown on foreign aid has ground an engine of US geopolitical influence to a halt, creating an opening for rivals like China www.bloomberg.com/news/article...
Trump and Musk’s USAID ‘Shut Down’ Threat Opens Door for China
Charities, diplomats and foreign officials around the world are frantically trying to figure out what will happen to the US agency that doles out over $40 billion in aid for everything from life-savin...
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February 3, 2025 at 2:42 PM
Donald Trump's crackdown on foreign aid has ground an engine of US geopolitical influence to a halt, creating an opening for rivals like China www.bloomberg.com/news/article...
European officials are trying to rally support from member states as they brace for President Donald Trump to play on their divisions to force through his “America First” agenda www.bloomberg.com/news/feature...
Trump Threats Risk Stretching Europe’s Fragile Unity to Breaking Point
The EU sees a trade clash as inevitable and has prepared a list of US goods to hit with duties in retaliation.
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January 30, 2025 at 11:22 AM
European officials are trying to rally support from member states as they brace for President Donald Trump to play on their divisions to force through his “America First” agenda www.bloomberg.com/news/feature...
Elon Musk’s planned revolution in Germany may already be under way www.bloomberg.com/news/article...
Musk’s Election Interference Is Rattling German Political Class
Elon Musk’s planned revolution in Germany may already be under way.
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January 29, 2025 at 12:35 PM
Elon Musk’s planned revolution in Germany may already be under way www.bloomberg.com/news/article...
The EU's financial services chief Maria Luis Albuquerque is open to a "coalition of the willing" to move forward with a capital markets union, rather than waiting for all 27 member states to agree www.bloomberg.com/news/article...
EU Financial Chief Open to Small Blocs in Push for Capital Union
The EU could consider moving forward with a “coalition of the willing” and not wait for all 27 members to agree on a capital markets union as it tries to break a deadlock in its decade-old plan and fi...
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January 29, 2025 at 8:35 AM
The EU's financial services chief Maria Luis Albuquerque is open to a "coalition of the willing" to move forward with a capital markets union, rather than waiting for all 27 member states to agree www.bloomberg.com/news/article...
The EU plans to focus on AI, clean technology and advanced research as part of a broader drive to boost the bloc’s competitiveness, according to a draft report
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EU to Bet on AI, Advanced Research and Clean Tech in Bid to Compete
The European Union will propose establishing an advanced research project agency modeled on US government entities to invest in strategic technologies as part of a broader drive to boost the bloc’s co...
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January 23, 2025 at 11:37 AM
The EU plans to focus on AI, clean technology and advanced research as part of a broader drive to boost the bloc’s competitiveness, according to a draft report
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Volodymyr Zelenskiy says Ukraine needs US troops on the ground to secure peace, in an appeal to Donald Trump www.bloomberg.com/news/article...
Zelenskiy Says US Must Be Part of Any Peacekeeping Force
President Volodymyr Zelenskiy said any effective peacekeeping force deployed in Ukraine will need to include US troops, as he appealed to Donald Trump ahead of talks with Russia.
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January 22, 2025 at 4:01 PM
Volodymyr Zelenskiy says Ukraine needs US troops on the ground to secure peace, in an appeal to Donald Trump www.bloomberg.com/news/article...
The EU is facing another potential showdown with Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orban over his refusal to sign off on an extension of sanctions on Russia www.bloomberg.com/news/article...
EU Risks Letting Russia Sanctions Expire as Orban Stalls Renewal
The European Union is facing another potential showdown with Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orban over his refusal to sign off on an extension of sanctions on Russia over its war against Ukraine.
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January 22, 2025 at 10:02 AM
The EU is facing another potential showdown with Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orban over his refusal to sign off on an extension of sanctions on Russia www.bloomberg.com/news/article...
A who’s who of the world’s wealthiest people surrounded President Donald Trump as he took the oath of office — gathering a combined net worth exceeding $1.3 trillion for the occasion www.bloomberg.com/news/article...
Billionaires Worth $1.3 Trillion Embrace Trump at Inauguration
A who’s who of the world’s wealthiest people surrounded President Donald Trump as he took the oath of office — gathering a combined net worth exceeding $1.3 trillion for the occasion.
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January 21, 2025 at 8:41 AM
A who’s who of the world’s wealthiest people surrounded President Donald Trump as he took the oath of office — gathering a combined net worth exceeding $1.3 trillion for the occasion www.bloomberg.com/news/article...
President Donald Trump reiterated a call for the EU to buy more American oil and gas if the bloc wants to avoid tariffs www.bloomberg.com/news/article...
Trump Again Calls for EU to Buy More US Energy to Avoid Tariffs
US President Donald Trump reiterated a call for the European Union to buy more American oil and gas if the bloc wants to avoid tariffs.
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January 21, 2025 at 8:26 AM
President Donald Trump reiterated a call for the EU to buy more American oil and gas if the bloc wants to avoid tariffs www.bloomberg.com/news/article...
Nearly half of the hedge fund industry's $3.7 trillion in profits earned since 1969 was gobbled up as fees, new research reveals www.bloomberg.com/news/article...
Hedge Funds Kept $1.8 Trillion as Fees, Half Their Total Gains
Hedge funds have long been regarded as notoriously expensive. New research reveals just how costly they truly are for their clients.
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January 20, 2025 at 8:38 AM
Nearly half of the hedge fund industry's $3.7 trillion in profits earned since 1969 was gobbled up as fees, new research reveals www.bloomberg.com/news/article...