The EU has begun removing duties on a range of US goods under last year's transatlantic trade agreement, but safeguards reveal how little trust Brussels places in the durability of Washington's commitments.

The French shipping group is close to acquiring FedEx's third-party logistics operation, extending a strategy that uses container-shipping wealth to build a larger land-based supply-chain business.

Talks between Maros Sefcovic and Chinese Commerce Minister Wang Wentao open against a record trade imbalance and growing European concern over rare-earth controls. The test is whether Brussels can turn de-risking from a political slogan into practical leverage without triggering retaliation it is not prepared to absorb.

European shares and US futures rose as Washington and Tehran agreed to halt renewed attacks and return to talks, while Brent traded near $72 a barrel. The relief is real, but tanker security, LNG flows and the fragility of the ceasefire mean Europe has not escaped the inflation risk created by the Gulf conflict.

India's request for relief from planned EU restrictions on metal-scrap exports exposes a difficult contradiction: Brussels wants to retain recyclable materials for its own low-carbon industry while promising a deeper and more predictable trading relationship with New Delhi.

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