Customs Agreements: How Expensive It Will Be for Companies and Consumers
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Europeans are happy to have averted a trade war with the US, but there are enormous burdens on them.
In German industry, drastic words about the EU's customs deal with Trump fall: »Humblement«, »Capitulation«. France's government sees it that way. China is the actual winner of Trump's world customs war.
US companies may react to import tariffs in surprising ways.
The chairman of the Christian Democrats in the European Parliament on the occasion of the customs agreement between the EU and the USA is not "to celebrate" but he has been prevented from doing worse.
The leader of the European People's Party in the EU Parliament, Manfred Weber (CSU), attributes the disadvantageous tariff agreement with the US to Europe's military weakness. "Donald Trump has a strong position, precisely because of the dependencies within NATO," Weber told the Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung (Tuesday edition). "When it comes to Europe's military security, America simply has the upper hand." This has not contributed to Brussels'…
The trade agreement reached on Sunday July 27 between Brussels and Washington, bringing the customs duties of European exports to the United States to 15%, is a political victory for Donald Trump. But the American economy should not come out unscathed.
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