The U.S.-EU Trade Breakthrough That Wasn’t
President Trump and European Commission President Jean-Claude Juncker claimed symbolic victories, but not much else.
by Yasmeen Serhan
Jul 26, 2018
2 minutes
After months of transatlantic sparring, the United States and the European Union seem to have pulled themselves back from the brink of a trade war. President Donald Trump and European Commission President Jean-Claude Juncker announced Wednesday that they had reached a breakthrough deal on trade—one with fewer threats of tariffs on European automakers, and more soybeans.
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