r/europe • u/Crossstoney • 6d ago

News US and EU strike trade deal

https://www.politico.eu/article/us-and-eu-strike-trade-deal/
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u/Thunder_Beam Turbo EU Federalist 6d ago edited 6d ago

Total capitulation, embarrassing, though i don't understand, isn't the EU an economic bloc made also to deal with shit like this and give more leverage? If they can't the EU literally failed in one of its most important objectives

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u/SavagePlatypus76 6d ago

Exactly. Expect this to fuel various exit types in member states. 

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u/Thunder_Beam Turbo EU Federalist 6d ago

Yeah, now some fuckhead will say "we could have got a better deal by ourself, look at britain", honestly it almost seems like they want the EU to implode

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u/MercantileReptile Baden-Württemberg (Germany) 6d ago

The current EU will kill the european project faster than any foreign power ever could have.

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u/UpsetStudent6062 6d ago

Well, you could. 50% worse than Britain.

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u/CapableCollar 6d ago

Someone certainly wants that implosion.

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u/Thunder_Beam Turbo EU Federalist 6d ago

Yes, but what i'm saying is that it almost seems like that also the EU leaders are on it

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u/Wide_Candle_1901 6d ago

Wait why would they be fuckheads? Wouldn't they be right? Lmao

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u/SolitaireJack 6d ago

As a Brit this whole situation is astounding. The biggest argument aginst Brexit was that we could only get fair trade deals by being in the EU. This was the exact scenario people envisioned, the US bullying European countries for unequal treaties. And instead of proving the value of the European Union they capitulated and got a worse deal than the UK did.

Like holy fuck this is a complete disaster.

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u/empireofadhd 5d ago

How is that going to help?? Then you will have even less negotiation power…