Brussels, 27 February 2019 European Semester 2019: Winter Package explained. What does today's package include? Today, the Commission publishes: 28 Country Reports, including in-depth reviews (IDRs) for 13 countries identified in the Alert Mechanism Report of November 2018 A Communication on the main findings of the Country Reports including a new categorisation of countries under the Macroeconomic Imbalances Procedure (MIP) An Opinion on the 2019 Draft Budgetary Plan (DBP) of Slovenia The second Enhanced Surveillance Report for Greece The Annual Work Programme...

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By The Associated Press BUCHAREST, Romania — A European Union official says "there is full support" from member states to hit back if U.S. President Donald Trump imposes tariffs on cars and car parts. EU Trade Commissioner Cecilia Malmstrom said EU trade ministers had discussed the bloc's trading relationship with Washington during an informal meeting Friday in Bucharest. She said there were concerns about "certain aspects of the trade policy being pursued by the current U.S. administration." Trump says the U.S. is mulling tariffs...

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Press Release 2/15/2019 High Representative/Vice-President Federica Mogherini met today with the US Secretary of State Michael R. Pompeo.

 They underlined the importance of transatlantic cooperation between the European Union and the United States on a wide range of foreign policy issues, including the current work towards a peaceful and democratic transition in Venezuela, the need to ensure a political transition in Syria, support to peace in Afghanistan and to denuclearisation of the Korean Peninsula ahead of the upcoming US-DPRK summit. They...

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