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President Trump’s Mideast envoy Steve Witkoff is taking part in ceasefire talks in Qatar, the most serious Israel-Hamas talks since Trump took office. (Image credit: Anna Moneymaker)

Greenland’s opposition wins election dominated by independence and Trump  BBC.com Greenland’s center-right party pulls off upset victory as Trump seeks control  Fox News Greenlanders say no to Trump as rare earths loom over coalition talks  POLITICO Europe Greenland’s center-right opposition wins closely watched

Inflation rate hits 2.8% in February, less than expected  CNBC U.S. Inflation Shows Improvement Amid Worries About Tariffs and Trade Wars: Live Updates  The New York Times US consumer price growth slows in February  Reuters.com Inflation cools in first full month of Trump

European Union retaliates against Trump’s tariffs as trade war escalates  The Washington Post EU retaliates against Trump’s trade moves and hits beef, whiskey, motorcycles with targeted tariffs  The Associated Press US trade rep Greer says EU retaliation ignores US national security needs  Reuters

The layoffs mean that the department will now have a work force of about half the size it did when President Trump took office.

Trump imposes sweeping 25% steel and aluminum tariffs. Europe immediately retaliates  CNN

Prime Minister Keir Starmer wants to stay close to the United States, even as the uncertainty unleashed by President Trump offers a chance to build ties with the European Union.

The European Union wants to force the United States to the negotiating table with retaliatory tariffs on a range of American products, including some from Republican strongholds.

Trump made the stock market a marker of success. Now he’s hedging as markets dip.  NBC News

Markets steadied on Wednesday, despite uncertainty spurred by tit-for-tat tariffs and the direction of the Trump administration’s economic policy.