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NATO Moves to ‘Trump-Proof’ Future Ukraine Support

WSJ What’s News

The Wall Street Journal

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4.14.2K Ratings

🗓️ 2 July 2024

⏱️ 14 minutes

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A.M. Edition for July 2nd. NATO plans to establish a new post in Kyiv as part of an effort to safeguard support for the country in the coming years. Plus, raids in Italy find luxury handbags being made by exploited workers. And Journal reporter Tom Fairless explains how American tourists are fuelling an economic boom in countries like Portugal and Greece. Luke Vargas hosts. Sign up for the WSJ's free What's News newsletter. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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NATO looks to safeguard support for Ukraine

0:22.0

as political wins shift in Europe and the US.

0:25.0

Plus raids in Italy find luxury handbags being made by exploited workers

0:31.0

and how a strong dollar is fueling an economic boom across

0:35.3

Southern Europe. American tourism are popular among European businesses because

0:38.9

they tend to spend much more than Europeans. They tend to stay in luxury hotels rather than in air B&Bs or campsites.

0:46.8

It's Tuesday, July 2nd.

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I'm Luke Vargas for the Wall Street Journal,

0:50.8

and here is the AM edition of What's News, the top headlines and business stories

0:55.9

moving your world today.

0:58.6

We are exclusively reporting that NATO plans to station nearly 700 US and other personnel at a new post in Ukraine and establish a new command in Germany to coordinate military equipment

1:15.2

deliveries and train Ukrainian troops. The moves are due to be announced at a

1:20.4

NATO summit in Washington next week and will shift key responsibilities from what has

1:25.4

been a US-run mission to the entire 32 country alliance.

1:30.6

The initiatives have been in the works for months.

1:33.0

However, efforts to safeguard support for Ukraine

1:36.0

have taken on new urgency amid a right-wing political surge across Europe

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