One year after the Turnberry trade deal, EU-US trade increased despite tariffs. The EU is meeting investment pledges, while both sides negotiate exemptions. The US is preparing new tariffs on forced labor and overcapacity, potentially continuing trade tensions.
A recently rediscovered 1798 parish record at Manchester Cathedral details the baptism of Indiana Mundi, a 14-year-old enslaved African girl from Congo. This entry offers a rare glimpse into the lives of Black Mancunians during the Georgian era and may lead to a memorial at the cathedral.
African and Caribbean leaders adopted a 19-point global framework for reparatory justice in Accra, Ghana, demanding formal apologies and compensation from nations that benefited from the transatlantic slave trade. The framework also calls for the return of cultural property and debt relief.
The European Commission criticized US plans to impose a 10% tariff on EU goods, citing the EU's alleged failure to ban imports made with forced labor. The EU called the tariffs unjustified and highlighted its own stringent regulations.
The European Parliament's trade committee approved legislation implementing a trade deal with the US, agreeing to eliminate tariffs on US industrial and agricultural goods. Lawmakers aim to finalize the process before July 4, when Trump threatened higher tariffs.
Leaders cannot ignore support for reparations resolution this November, says St Vincent and Grenadines ex-PMWhat are reparations for slavery and colonialism – and will the UK pay?It is “inconceivable” that reparatory justice from Britain for the transatlantic trade of enslaved Africans will not be “front and centre” of the next Commonwealth leaders’ meeting, the former prime minister of St Vincent and the Grenadines has said.Ralph Gonsalves was in Jamaica to discuss the next steps of the “alive and growing” movement to advocate for reparations for hundreds of years of chattel slavery. Continue reading...
Leaders cannot ignore support for reparations resolution this November, says St Vincent and Grenadines ex-PMWhat are reparations for slavery and colonialism – and will the UK pay?It is “inconceivable” that reparatory justice from Britain for the transatlantic trade of enslaved Africans will not be “front and centre” of the next Commonwealth leaders meeting, the former prime minister of St Vincent and the Grenadines has said.Ralph Gonsalves was in Jamaica to discuss the next steps of the “alive and growing” movement to advocate for reparations for hundreds of years of chattel slavery. Continue reading...
EU Trade Commissioner Maroš Šefčovič is set to meet U.S. Trade Representative Jamieson Greer in Paris to address rising trade tensions following President Trump's threat to hike tariffs on European cars to 25 percent.
