The US president added that he "can do anything I want" with Brussels' $600 billion worth of pledged investments

cross-posted from: https://lemmy.zip/post/45601379

The US president added that he “can do anything I want” with Brussels’ $600 billion worth of pledged investments

Archived version: https://archive.is/20250805165341/https://www.euractiv.com/section/politics/news/trump-threatens-eu-with-35-tariff-if-investment-pledge-falls-through/

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  • talkingpumpkin@lemmy.worldEnglish
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    9 days ago

    Well… he got what he wanted from the EU, didn’t he?

    I agree that he wants stupid things and that his policies will most probably backfire, but that’s a different issue.

    Not only the so-called agreement with von del Leyen was a PR win: IIUC its only consequence was that US tariffs went from 10% to 15% and that the EU put away its “bazooka” while promising investments in the US (BTW I honestly don’t understand how that would work… it’s not like von der Leyen has a sovereign fund that she can direct to invest in the US) and to buy more US stuff.