Daily Memo: Europe Readies Retaliatory Tariffs, Fighting Flares in Syria

Israel said it struck Syrian regime targets to protect the Druze community.

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Ready to retaliate. The European Commission has prepared tariffs on 72 billion euros’ ($84 billion) worth of U.S. goods in response to Washington’s plan to impose a 30 percent duty on EU exports starting Aug. 1. EU Trade Commissioner Maros Sefcovic presented the list of affected goods to EU ministers in Brussels. While ministers said […]

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