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This study analyses the US critical mineral strategy, mapping its institutional framework, policy instruments and value-chain priorities – such as such as tax incentives, funding mechanisms, strategic stockpiling and demand-anchoring mechanisms. It provides a comparative analysis with the EU’s approach, highlighting differences in scale, coordination and market intervention. Finally, it explains how its findings relate to the specific policy areas of the European Parliament’s IMCO and ITRE committees ...

This At a Glance refers to the relevant study that analyses the US critical mineral strategy, mapping its institutional framework, policy instruments and value-chain priorities – such as such as tax incentives, funding mechanisms, strategic stockpiling and demand-anchoring mechanisms. It provides a comparative analysis with the EU’s approach, highlighting differences in scale, coordination and market intervention. Finally, it explains how its findings relate to the specific policy areas of the European ...

La presente nota tematica illustra le relazioni dell'Unione europea con gli Stati Uniti e il Canada, che si fondano su una lunga storia condivisa. Tutti e tre sono membri del G7, un forum intergovernativo informale che riunisce le principali economie avanzate per discutere di questioni economiche e politiche.Per far fronte alle sfide globali complesse, tra cui le tensioni commerciali, l'UE dà priorità al dialogo e alla cooperazione con gli Stati Uniti e il Canada. Tra i principali ambiti di cooperazione ...

The World Health Organization (WHO) has had a central role in numerous health advances, including eradicating smallpox, driving the near‑eradication of polio, expanding childhood immunisation worldwide, and leading responses to global health threats such as HIV/AIDS and COVID‑19. Despite this, the United Nations (UN) specialised agency has faced persistent challenges, shortcomings and criticisms over decades. The agency has been limited by volatile, insufficient and distorted funding. Its complex ...

The NATO Summit, taking place on 7-8 July 2026, will be hosted by Türkiye at Ankara's Beştepe Presidential Compound. This marks the second time that Türkiye hosts a NATO Summit, following Istanbul in 2004. The summit is expected to be a key moment for demonstrating Allied unity amid evolving geopolitical dynamics in the Middle East, the war in Ukraine, and calls for Europe to assume a stronger role in its security. Agenda items will likely include defence planning, spending targets, burden-sharing ...

Global health threats are becoming more frequent and severe. As the COVID-19 pandemic highlighted, they can quickly turn into emergencies, heavily impact human health, and paralyse economic, cultural and societal activities globally. Therefore, health security is a global challenge.In this context, and in the light of lessons learnt from the COVID-19 pandemic, the EU has substantially strengthened its toolbox to prevent, prepare for and respond to health threats. Its toolbox consists of legislative ...

The United States remains a leading global health and life sciences actor, driven by high spending, strong research capacity and a regulatory environment that accelerates innovation. At the same time, the system faces persistent structural challenges, including high costs, fragmented insurance coverage and unequal access. Since the start of President Trump’s second term, federal reforms, budget cuts and institutional restructuring have reshaped the roles of HHS, CDC, NIH and FDA. Reduced engagement ...

Il 20 maggio 2026 il Parlamento e il Consiglio hanno raggiunto un accordo provvisorio sulle due proposte di regolamento presentate dalla Commissione per attuare gli impegni tariffari assunti dall'UE nel quadro della dichiarazione congiunta UE-USA del 21 agosto 2025. L'accordo di trilogo sarà sottoposto al voto in Aula durante la tornata di giugno.

Durante la tornata di marzo II, il Parlamento europeo voterà sulla sua posizione in prima lettura su due proposte di regolamento presentate dalla Commissione europea intese ad attuare gli impegni tariffari dell'UE nell'ambito dell'accordo quadro del 2025 tra l'Unione europea (UE) e gli Stati Uniti (USA), noto anche come "accordo di Turnberry". Ciò aprirebbe la strada ai negoziati interistituzionali.

On 20 February 2026, the United States (US) Supreme Court ruled, in a landmark case, that the US International Emergency Economic Powers Act (IEEPA) of 1977 does not authorise the US president to impose tariffs. The ruling invalidates all tariffs that President Trump imposed under IEEPA on US trading partners, including the April 2025 'reciprocal' tariffs. The ruling is without prejudice to the US sector- and country-specific tariffs that have been levied under different legal bases. While the ruling ...