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Trade tensions mount between U.S. and Europe

President Trump’s attention on trade has largely been focused on China in recent weeks. But there’s a growing sense that he could soon turn his fight to Europe.

• The European trade commissioner, Cecilia Malmstrom, reportedly warned E.U. trade ministers that they “should brace” for U.S. tariffs on billions of euros worth of European goods over a dispute about Airbus subsidies, Politico reports.

• A 180-day deadline that Mr. Trump had set for negotiations with the E.U. and Japan over car exports “holds to the president’s pattern of steadily increasing pressure on trading partners to cut a deal more to his liking,” Bloomberg argues.

Mr. Trump may have spotted an opportunity to take advantage of Europe while it’s in disarray.

• The results of the recent European Parliament elections show that the Continent is increasingly polarized and fragmented, and that Brexit continues to be a distraction.