France describes it as a "submission", though there is relief in Europe that a trade war has been averted.

Benjamin Haddad, France’s Europe minister, says deal will ‘bring temporary stability’ but is generally ‘unbalanced’, calling the situation ‘not satisfactory’

Trump tariff of 15% means European exporters will face more than triple the average 4.8% levy now in force

PARIS: French Prime Minister Francois Bayrou on Monday slammed a weekend trade deal between the United States and the European Union as a “dark day” and tantamount to…

Most European nations welcome the deal, but some slam it as a capitulation before the EU’s largest trading partner.

Nach der Erleichterung folgt die Ernüchterung: Frankreich und Ungarn kritisieren die Einigung zwischen der EU und den USA. Trump habe von der Leyen „zum Frühstück verspeist“, sagt…

While the pact is ‘the best deal we could get under very difficult circumstances’, EU nations acknowledge there is more work to be done.

France describes it as a "submission", though there is relief in Europe that a trade war has been averted.

OP-ED. The trade agreement signed with the US is seen as the lesser of two evils, particularly by Germany, Italy, the Netherlands, and Ireland, observes lawyer Nicolas Ravailhe.…

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,…