EU Counts Its Trade Blessings After Striking Deal With Trump
- Juncker’s negotiation puts focus on German cars, gas supply
- France says agriculture must remain outside of these talks
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The European Union appears to have won a big trade-war ceasefire with the U.S. for a small price -- at least in the short term.
In return for a pledge by U.S. President Donald Trump to suspend the threat of an extra tariff on European cars, the EU reheated proposals to bolster transatlantic economic ties and threw in a vow to buy more American soybeans.