BRUSSELS — The European Union is exploring expanded cooperation on trade with the Asia-Pacific-centered CPTPP free trade bloc as tariff threats by U.S. President Donald Trump push traditional American partners to lean more closely on one another instead.
“I look forward to deepening our partnership” and “to exploring closer trade cooperation with the wider region” that is part of the CPTPP, European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen wrote on X on Tuesday after a telephone call with Singaporean Prime Minister Lawrence Wong.
