"A majority of people across the EU's five biggest member states believe the European Commission sold citizens out when negotiating a humiliating tariff deal with Donald Trump that benefits the US far more than Europe, a survey has shown. The poll by Cluster17, which is published on Tuesday, found 77% of respondents ranging from 89% in France to 50% in Poland thought the deal would benefit above all the US economy, with only 2% believing it would benefit Europe's."
"Under the deal, the EU is to remove tariffs on all US industrial goods and provide preferential market access for a wide range of US seafood and agricultural goods. In return, most EU goods entering the US will be subject to a 15% baseline tariff. In addition, EU firms are to invest an extra $600bn (443m) in the US, the bloc must buy $750bn of US energy and dramatically increase spending on US defence exports requirements viewed negatively by more than two-thirds of poll respondents."
A poll in five largest EU states found 77% thought the deal would benefit the US economy and only 2% believed it would benefit Europe. An average of 52% described the July agreement between Donald Trump and European Commission president Ursula von der Leyen as a humiliation. Under the deal the EU must remove tariffs on US industrial goods and grant preferential access to many US seafood and agricultural products, while most EU goods entering the US face a 15% baseline tariff. The agreement includes $600bn investment commitments by EU firms and $750bn of US energy purchases, and drew strong negative reaction and boycott intent.
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