(Mauricio Palos/Bloomberg News)Once upon a time, the politics of Europe was all about coal and steel. When Europeans came together after two devastating world wars, they set up the European Steel and Coal Community, the origin of today’s European Union. But whether China will be ready to agree on the rules of the new global digital order is far more questionable — and far more important. trade commissioner Cecilia Malmstrom traveled to Washington to see if a transatlantic trade row over steel could be avoided. However, in an ideal world, the two sides of the Atlantic would come together to discuss shaping the coming digital global order.

Source: Washington Post March 21, 2018 19:29 UTC