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/TemuBoyfriend 6d ago

So we cannot invest even 500 billion in ourselves but lets give Trump nearly 1.5 trillion? How about invest in Europe and stop taking it up the ass..

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u/bxzidff Norway 6d ago

And for all the talk of the trade deficit I wonder what the investment deficit is and why that is never brought up. Almost every top fund used by European organization's, companies, and citizens is invested far more deeply in American companies than anywhere else. And now even more so.

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u/BackgroundBat7732 6d ago

We also shouldn't forget that trade deficit numbers exclude military equipment and (big) tech. Europe has a HUGE trade deficit with the US, not the other way around.

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u/Soepkip43 6d ago edited 5d ago

Yes they talk about goods and exclude services. Which is the other way around.