The EU–US Deal Is ‘About Ukraine’

The EU–US Deal Is ‘About Ukraine’

‘Critics of the deal highlighted that—although some ridiculed the UK in May for agreeing to 10 per cent tariffs with Washington—the post-Brexit United Kingdom managed to strike a more favourable deal with the US administration than the economically more powerful 27-member European Union.’

After EU-US deal, even Remoaners must admit Brexit has its benefits

Even the most ardent opponents of Brexit have been forced to concede the UK has got a better deal with the US than the EU, says Ben Ramanauskas The EU and the US have tentatively agreed a trade deal. While the high tariffs levied on the EU by the US will ultimately harm American households and businesses, it is difficult to see it as anything less than a political win for the US at the EU’s expense. What is more, even the most ardent opponents o…

EU-US tariff deal: Total sellout or lesser evil?

Only a few days ahead of the August 1 deadline EU Commission President Ursula von der Leyen and US President Donald Trump agreed on a trade deal to avert tariffs of 30 percent on imports to the US snapping into place, as they met on Sunday. Did von der Leyen avert a worse scenario or did Trump “eat her for breakfast” as Hungary’s ever-critical Prime Minister Viktor Orbán put it?  Known knowns and known unknowns EU exports are now set to face sin…