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In this July 12, 2018 photo, Bob Johnstone, CEO of MJM Yachts, sits inside an MJM boat docked in Newport, R.I. Johnstone was negotiating the sale of a 53-foot, $2.2 million yacht to a buyer in Monaco when the European Union announced a 25 percent tariff on American-made boats as retaliation for American tariffs on imported aluminum and steel. American boat makers are getting pummeled on multiple fronts by tariffs and stand to be among the industries hardest-hit in an escalating trade war. (AP Photo/Michelle R. Smith)

American boat makers feel the crunch from Trump tariffs

By MICHELLE R. SMITH - Associated Press

Poland’s top court seeks EU view on judges’ early retirement

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FILE - In this Oct. 17, 2017 file photo, United States Trade Representative Robert Lighthizer, left, with Mexico's Secretary of Economy Ildefonso Guajardo Villarreal, right, speaks during the conclusion of the fourth round of negotiations for a new North American Free Trade Agreement (NAFTA) in Washington. Gathering strength for a potentially brutal trade war with China, the United States is trying to patch things up with its friends. U.S. and Mexican negotiators are meeting Thursday and Friday to work on a rewrite of the North American Free Trade Agreement -- a deal that looked virtually dead a few months ago. And last week the Trump administration reached a cease-fire with Europe in a dispute over autos. (AP Photo/Manuel Balce Ceneta)

US mends ties with allies, prepares for trade war with China

By PAUL WISEMAN - Associated Press

UK foreign secretary warns against messy EU divorce

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Brexit or Armageddon? Depends who you ask

By DANICA KIRKA - Associated Press

President Donald Trump and European Commission president Jean-Claude Juncker speak in the Rose Garden of the White House, Wednesday, July 25, 2018, in Washington. (AP Photo/Evan Vucci)

EU imports of US soybeans were rising before deal with Trump

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People demonstrate against the change of the country's constitutional name in front of the Parliament building in Skopje, Macedonia or Republic of Macedonia, Wednesday, June 13, 2018. A historic deal ending a decades-long dispute between neighbors Greece and Macedonia over the latter's name met with mixed reactions in both countries Wednesday, with some welcoming the agreement and others horrified at what they see as unacceptable concessions. (AP Photo/Boris Grdanoski)

Senators introduce bipartisan resolution supporting Macedonia name change, condemning Russia

By Dan Boylan - The Washington Times

Illustration on EU/U.S. trade by Linas Garsys/The Washington Times

Why the U.S.-EU agreement on trade is hardly a breakthrough

By Peter Morici

In this Nov. 12, 2015, file photo, a man walks past a building on the Google campus in Mountain View, Calif. (AP Photo/Jeff Chiu, File)

EDITORIAL: Europe yearns to handicap Silicon Valley’s aggressive entrepreneurs

By THE WASHINGTON TIMES

German Foreign Minister Heiko Maas, right, and his counterpart from Albania, Dimitir Bushati, left, shake hands after a joint press conference after a meeting at the foreign ministry in Berlin, Germany, Monday, July 30, 2018. (Gregor Fischer/dpa via AP)

German FM: Membership for Western Balkans in EU’s interest

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Croatia opens work on EU-funded bridge opposed by Bosnia

By ELDAR EMRIC - Associated Press

FILE - In this July 27, 2018, file photo, President Donald Trump delivers remarks on the economy from the South Lawn of the White House, in Washington. Trump met with the publisher of The New York Times to discuss media coverage of his administration, including the president’s oft-repeated accusation that the media is the “enemy of the people,” Trump and the newspaper said Sunday, July 29, 2018. The meeting with A.G. Sulzberger occurred July 20, the White House and Times said. (AP Photo/Jacquelyn Martin, File)

The EU pledges to lower its tariffs on American soybeans, oil and gas

By Stephen Moore

Russia and West spar over reconstruction of Syria

By EDITH M. LEDERER - Associated Press

Britain's Secretary of State for Exiting the European Union Dominic Raab, left, and European Chief Negotiator for the United Kingdom Exiting the EU Michel Barnier hold a press conference at the European Commission building in Brussels on Thursday, July 26, 2018. (AP Photo/Olivier Matthys)

EU negotiator rejects key element of UK govt Brexit plan

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An investor stands in front of private stock trading boards at a private stock market gallery in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia, Thursday, July 26, 2018. Asian shares are mostly lower after President Donald Trump agreed with the EU to hold off on new tariffs. The easing of tensions with Europe could bode ill for a compromise with Beijing over trade. Japan's Nikkei 225 edged 0.1 percent lower and Hong Kong's Hang Seng shed 0.6 percent on Thursday despite a buoyant day on Wall Street. (AP Photo/Yam G-Jun)

World stocks mostly rise after US-EU ceasefire on trade

By ANNABELLE LIANG - Associated Press

President Donald Trump meets with European Commission president Jean-Claude Juncker in the Oval Office of the White House, Wednesday, July 25, 2018, in Washington. (AP Photo/Evan Vucci)

The Latest: GOP lawmakers tell Trump aides of tariff concern

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US-EU trade agreement wins cautious welcome in Germany

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President Donald Trump, right, and European Commission president Jean-Claude Juncker, left, walk from the Oval Office to speak in the Rose Garden of the White House, Wednesday, July 25, 2018, in Washington. (AP Photo/Pablo Martinez Monsivais)

Trump-Europe trade rift: What was settled, and what wasn’t?

By PAUL WISEMAN - Associated Press

President Donald Trump greets supporters after arriving at the Kansas City International Airport to attend the national convention of the Veterans of Foreign Wars, Tuesday, July 24, 2018, in Kansas City, Mo. (AP Photo/Evan Vucci)

Trump, European Union leaders pull back from trade war

By KEN THOMAS and PAUL WISEMAN - Associated Press

This file photo dated Thursday, Sept. 10, 2009, shows car transporters in Ruesselsheim, central Germany. (AP Photo/Michael Probst, File)

EU officials to meet Donald Trump, wielding a $20-billion threat

By Jari Tanner - Associated Press