US EditionU.S. Trade Deal Stirs E.U. Soul-Searching Over Lost Clout
EUROPEAN UNION, JUL 30 – The European Union's economy grew less than 1% annually in 2023 and 2024 while the US economy expanded at about 3%, pressuring von der Leyen to avoid conflict with US trade demands.
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'Europe's ability to defend its interests, already questionable, is now seriously in doubt'
OP-ED. The agreement reached between Donald Trump and Ursula von der Leyen establishes an armistice that confirms the imbalance in trade between the US and the EU since April, observes economist François Chimits in an op-ed.
The words used to greet the EU-US trade deal this week were undeniable. Terms like "humiliation" and "defeat" were used in the discussions regarding the agreements Ursula von der Leyen made with Donald Trump.
U.S. Trade Deal Stirs E.U. Soul-Searching Over Lost Clout
"As European Union leaders work through the consequences of their new trading arrangement with the US, they are confronting the bitter reality of just how far they have fallen," Bloomberg reports."Donald Trump held court on Sunday at one of the golf courses he owns on the Scottish coast, touting
Ursula von der Leyen said that she had negotiated a "good deal" for the EU with Donald Trump. Many advantages are only apparent at second glance.
ANALYSIS - The President of the Commission had the opportunity to deal with American pressure, and she put forward a very exclusive practice of power. Today, she has to be held accountable, including in her own country, in Germany.
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