EU Leaders Are United In Telling Trump No Side Deals on Trade
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Friedrich Merz, Germany's chancellor, and Ursula von der Leyen, president of the European Commission, during a meeting in Brussels.
Photographer: Simon Wohlfahrt/BloombergEuropean leaders meeting in Brussels today had a message for Donald Trump: There will be no side deals or shortcuts on trade negotiations.
The EU’s strategy is to speak with one voice as the US president uses the threat of steep tariff hikes to try to persuade countries, like Switzerland, to sign bilateral trade deals that would be advantageous to America. Trump hailed such a pact with the UK this week as a breakthrough that would open the door to others.