Although the details and impacts of the trade deal between the European Union and the United States are just beginning to take shape, many European trade associations and politicians are already criticizing agriculture and expressing results.
Meanwhile, Brussel insisted that the deal is beyond the economy. The European Union’s Trade Commissioner Maros Sefkovic in Brussels said on Monday, “It’s not just about business. It’s about security. It’s about Ukraine. It is about current geopolitical instability.”
He told reporters that when he could not go into all the details of the talks between the European Commission Chairman Ursula von Der Leyen and US President Donald Trump, he could say that he was more than just business. For him, it is a big plus that two largest economies and closest allies are on the same page when it comes to today’s geopolitical issues.
On Sunday, Layen and Trump agreed to the terms of a deal on future tafs. The agreement provided between measures eaten for exemption for the basic tariff rate of 15% on imports from most European Union and some strategic essential products.
The agreement involves commission of geostresomer results. The European Union is said to have promised the US that it will purchase strategic items as a $ 750 billion (€ 649 billion) as gas, oil, nuclear fuel and AI chips. The European Union plans to invest $ 600 billion in the US. So the European Union countries are expected to buy military equipment from the US, although the members of the European Union need to guarantee the thesis purchase.
The deal has received Muted Appreciation from the European Union member states, while France and Hungary are very important for the European Commission.
Is the European Union situation quite strong?
Penny NAS, a policy analyst at the US -based think tank German martial fund, said the European Union has not consistently availed the IT status as the world’s largest single market.
“He did not always give his strength,” he told DW. “Georginally, Europe looked quite weak as to how it operated the talks and finally it was given the rate of coming out from.”
Fellow Elvier Fabry, a senior research of Jacques Delers Institute, finds it difficult to desk as a recent talks. She argues that the European Union’s hands were tied due to dependence on the security guarantee from the US. For fabry, the position of the framework is completely different if the European Union does not require American support to help protect Ukraine in its war with Russia.
Trump’s previous statements have been threatened with support from Ukraine, sent shockwaves to the European Union. Block will not be able to replace American assistance funded or military.
Both experts agree that there were problems during various interests and lack of unity of the member states. The fabry sees the so-called anti-corean instrument as the only way for Europeans, which pressurize the US and 8. However, there was no compromise between the member states on its possible application.
Anti-Korsian instruments are designed to prevent increasing economic pressure on the European Union. As a final solution, the European Union can put up far -reaching counter -counters.
Inadequate ‘strategic autonomy’
The agreement has geopolitical implications for the European Union. NAS believes that the commitment to buy energy, AI chips and vepones “show continuous dependence on the US in other ways of Europe.” Buying from America is the “best option” for the European Union, she says, and makes it clear that Europe has not achieved strategic autonomy.
French President Emmanuel Macron has coined the word “strategic autonomy” as a discussion during the US-EU trade deal negotiations. The term is necessary that Europe must be independent as much as possible from other powers. In this freedom, weapon industry, energy and significant raw materials should be procured.
European Union and America against China?
Thus, the deal includes imported geopolitical components in relation to China, Fabrie told DW. This is because it incorporates commitments to coordinate the discovery of discoveries as Chinese overcapacea, namely, production that exceeds the needs of the Chinese market.
According to Fabry, the details are still not clear. However, China is now worried that the European Union is aligning itself more closely with the US’s anti -China approach.
When asked about China on Monday, the European Union Trade Commissioner Saferovic emphasized that despite all efforts, the list of problems with China was getting longer. Even last week’s EU-China summit did not produce the desired result.
Hey, many areas of America have similar issues with China. “So it goes without saying that we work closely with our colleagues.”
This article was the original published in German.
