“This is a dark day when the alliance of free nations, associated in order to confirm their values and defend their interests, agrees with subordination” – the French prime minister wrote on the X. platform.
Earlier on Monday, the Bayrou government ministers assessed that The agreement with the USA is disproportionate, although it brings some stability. Minister of Industry Marc Ferracci and Minister of Affairs of European Affairs Benjamin Haddad suggested in the media that the EU should balance the contract by imposing taxes on digital services from the USA.
The European Union “has been crushed”
The topic of the trade agreement between the USA and the European Union was also taken by the British daily “Financial Times”. According to the newspaper, establishing a customs rate of 15 percent. to EU goods exported to the United States, it brought the representatives of the community “relief due to the avoidance of the trade war, which is intertwined with regret due to the lack of a more firm position from the very beginning of negotiations” with the Trump administration.
The daily clearly states that the EU was crushed by the US President's machine, By citing the statement of one of the EU diplomats, who stated that “Trump calculated exactly where our pain threshold is.”
Action of an Irish minister
“FT” resembles the actions of the Minister of Trade and Deputy Prime Minister of Ireland Simon Harris, who in recent weeks had repeatedly meeting with American politicians, wanting to protect the pharmaceutical, alcoholic and agricultural industry of his country, in particular the sale of beef, before American customs.
The achievement of a contract between the US President and the chairwoman of the European Commission Ursula von der Leyen causes a division on the Irish island, because entrepreneurs from Northern Ireland, belonging to the United Kingdom, can sell their goods to the USA, paying a duty of 10 percent.
According to the Guardian daily, this creates “the foundations for difficult diplomatic conversations on guaranteeing stability all over the island under a large -trinket agreement.” The newspaper also quotes the comment of Harris, who said that “regrets” the 15 % customs rate, but he added that the “unity” of the EU countries is important.
