
European Leaders Meeting in Budapest Urge Trump to Support Ukraine, Avoid Trade Wars
Published on November 7, 2024
European leaders meeting in Budapest, Hungary, on Nov.7 have urged President-elect Donald Trump to continue U.S. support for Ukraine and avoid trade wars. The summit on Thursday is a meeting of the wider European Political Community (EPC), which includes non-EU states such as the UK and Switzerland. It will feature a discussion that the European Commission said is designed to renew the broader continent’s support for Ukraine. The EPC summit will be followed by an informal meeting of nearly 50 European leaders on Friday to discuss immigration and economic security, with the second topic set to scrutinize foreign investments and discuss more coordinated controls on exports and outflows of technologies to rival economies such as China....
