European Union leaders are to tell the European Commission on Thursday if they want a quick trade deal with the United States at the cost of Washington getting better terms, or to escalate the fight in hope of something better.

Nato leaders have agreed to ramp up defence spending to 5% of their countries' economic output by 2035, following months of pressure from Donald Trump. The US president described the decision, taken at a summit in The Hague,

President Donald Trump on Wednesday suggested Spain will face tougher terms in a trade deal because of the NATO member’s refusal to comply with a defense-spending target of 5% of GDP. “We're negotiati