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European Central Bank chief Christine Lagarde says risks to the eurozone economy had become "less pronounced" in the wake of a US-China trade truce even as President Donald Trump reignited a trade spat with Europe. SOUNDBITE of Christine Largarde
Britain and the United States have agreed to pursue "an ambitious UK-US free trade agreement" after Brexit, Prime Minister Theresa May says following talks with US President Donald Trump. SOUNDBITE
At a press conference alongside Prime Minister Shinzo Abe, European Commission chief Jean-Claude Juncker announced that the EU and Japan have in principle agreed an Economic Partnership Agreement. SOUNDBITE
Kosovo and Serbia's leaders visit Brussels for talks with their European counterparts on calming tensions, with Aleksandar Vucic, president of Serbia, Kosovo Prime Minister Albin Kurti arriving for a meeting with European Council President Charles Michel, French President Emmanuel Macron and German Chancellor Olaf Scholz. The talks come just days after an European Union envoy, as well as diplomats from the United States, France, Germany and Italy visited both Belgrade and Pristina, for top-level talks over the issue. IMAGES
Autonomist President of the Corsican executive council, Gilles Simeoni, meets French Interior Minister Gérald Darmanin in Ajaccio, who is hoping to restore calm to the island and offering the prospect of autonomy. IMAGES
US and EU trade ministers look for ways to heal transatlantic tensions over tariffs and taxes. US Trade Representative Katherine Tai discussed these issues via videolink with a meeting of EU trade ministers gathered in Brussels. The European Union has suspended its plans to ratchet up tit-for-tat tariffs on emblematic US goods from next month to give space for a wider agreement to resolve tensions created during former US president Donald Trump's administration. IMAGES
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