▽The Economist - World News, Politics, Economics, Business & Finance ●07/29 20:50 France’s prime minister, Fran〓ois Bayrou, said the European Union’s trade deal with America marked a “dark day” for the bloc. Germany’s chancellor, Friedrich Merz, said the agreement would “substantially damage” his country’s economy...A gunman killed four people, including a police officer, and then himself in New York...The Trump administration declined to give Taiwan’s president, Lai Ching-te