Public sentiment regarding the US-EU Trade Agreement is overwhelmingly negative and polarized. Many comments express skepticism about the deal's benefits, criticizing it for imposing higher tariffs on American consumers while allegedly favoring the US in negotiations. Numerous users feel that the EU has capitulated to US demands, leading to a sense of betrayal and frustration with both American and European leadership.

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So they accepted a tariff and lined his pockets. Stocks gonna rip. Huzzah.

WYLFriesWthat

A lot of these investment promises are something that are already happening so effectively nothing will change. This might also take months or even years to come into effect since this actually needs to go to EU parliament and all countries need to agree to it which might not happen and then you need to renegotiate. This deal is just starting template for the actual deal.

Beastrick

I find it fascinating. Every statement that was made in the past was a lie. But every new statement that comes out everyone believes.

It's the EU it takes them 10 years to agree on a date to start talking about setting a date for the first meeting.

1UpUrBum

I don’t get it. Seems like the “deal” just spelled out trends that were going to happen anyways?

I guess certainty is the real win here.

weasler7

For all the fan of Seinfeld: “it is a deal about nothing”

Typical_Breadfruit15

jmalez1

Trump Illegally Usurps Congressional Authority and Taxes Americans. 

Fixed the title.

K4rkino5

Based on the released information it's been priced in to most industries. You might see bumps in energy stocks but the entire "investement" seems to mainly be for guns, ammo, planes, etc and has pretty much zero timeline or solid details and none of the other "deals" has really moved the market substantially. 

It'll likely further depresses the wolrd economy as things get more expensive and may spur additional anti american sentiment in the EU.

chronoit

Every time Trump celebrates a tariff deal at 15%, he is celebrating taxing Americans more.

Tariffs are taxes that Americans pay.

Fuckaliscious12

By the time us mortals find about it, it has been priced in already. This applies for any stock usually 

shabuboy

Unless I’m misunderstanding, Europe basically got bent over? LOL. Exception for aircrafts and chemicals (German and French sweetheart deals). Other than that, 15% tariffs in most of their exports AND they build an energy reliance on the US… and to top of it have to invest hundreds of billions in the US?

Glacius013

trustmeep

As Americans we get a tax increase on imported goods and somehow it’s call a deal?

HighFreqHustler

careyectr

PaleontologistOne919

Trump supporters think the deal is great, Trump haters think this is either a nothing burger or the start of WW3.  I'm willing to bet which way Reddit will lean.

In reality, the terms of the full deal havent been release yet so anyone stating they know anything is just exposing their bias.

ranman0

EU dose not move that fast, even ever, it will be 10 years before they will reach any consensus, hell, they are still buying Russian gas products so by the time they get around to it something else will take center stage

It's a framework, not a trade deal. It typically takes the US about 1½ years on average to negotiate a free trade agreement (FTA) from initial framework discussions to agreement on terms, but the process to fully implement and ratify the deal. And so far that's all this administration has accomplished in these deals.

baby_budda

itsallmeaninglessto

It was definitely priced in the second the deal was announced.

onepanto

The more important aspect is they are finally opening their markets to more of our agricultural products.

mdpet1l

Golden years. Buy more stocks. Ignore the noise.

International-Fun921

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Aevykin

Can we say that universally all imports into US will have 15% tariff, therefore this equates to a 15% increase in prices on the shelf.

Blackhawk149

Def not priced in. Big fat green day tomorrow. Reddit in shambles

xxPOOTYxx

The biggest parts are the 15% tariff and a level of certainty. The rest is just negligible if I'm being honest. EU tariffs before were very low so reducing them does nothing. As for the investment "committments" I think they're just at best rewrapping preexisting plans as a "concession". The EU already buys alot of energy and military equipment especially post Ukraine, and if this deal is anything like the one with Japan it's likely the details are very vague and may not even be a true committment. Trade wise this is likely not gonna lead to a return of US manufacturing since the EU wasn't the biggest reason why it left. 

Once again if you're a US business hoping for a 0% tariff deal, that's just not gonna happen. It's a baseline 10%-20% for the next few years so you either eat that or pass it on to consumers.

Armano-Avalus

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Stop calling them deals, none of that is a deal.

SilentRhubarb1515

Yeah, there's noway the 27 accept that deal lmao.

People tend to forget that Von Der Leyen isn't able to do whatever (and thank god) the fuck she want. She can "strike a deal" with Trump whenever she wants. The EU will still have to vote to accept it, and most countries wont accept this. Even more than just this, she's talking about the EU buying more american energy... The EU absolutely cannot enforce any members to buy ressources from a specific trade partner. That's not how it works. 

So IMO, only the 15% tax will pass and everyone will give the finger for the 1.5T. and since you need all 27 to accept, you can be assured that it definitely wont.

Gaytrude

ASML should see benefits following this deal.

ReceptionFantastic25

Damn we fleeced the europoors i gotta eat crow on this one

dankestmaymayonearth

So no pullback on Aug 1st? I'm 85% cash right now anticipating a pullback.

CarbonGTI_Mk7

Perfect_Earth_8070

I’d be patient and build my cash position right now. The recent bull run just doesn’t feel right to me. 

Feels more like a trap for retail investors (dumb money). 

When the trap is sprung is anyone’s guess though.

East1st

U.S. consumers are ultimately going to pay for this tariff increase. No cause for celebration.

ClemPFarmer

Hey look! Another 15% import tax that will be paid by US citizens. Poor people will be more negatively affected by them, like all tariffs. 

Trump is turning the US into a third world shithole country like he rails against all the time.

DjCyric

Hahah risk on baby looks like the nay sayers get wiped out agaib lol

chopsui101

Goods are still going to cost more. US companies may make more money or less overall depending on if consumers keep buying or not with the price increases. Inflation should be expected to remain higher for the future so rates may be steady for the near future. Questions remain about the full details of all the trade agreements as well as fallout from other countries.

AnyCardiologist299

Careful_Square_8601

No one knows. Huge debt spiral, trump pissed off the whole world so we could get a terrorist attack any second, deal could be fake. It’s a casino now, DCA and hope the world doesn’t end. What else are you gonna do, buy gold? 

Dry_Phone_3398

chris2033

Well, there's still a 15% tariff (tax on US businesses/consumers). And the investment in US energy and defense is probably just a continuation of what Biden had going (I don't know the details, but for sure we've been supplying them with defense for the Ukraine war).

BrianScienziato

Several weeks ago, Bessent and the EU said that they were very close on a deal for 10% tariffs. Then Trump got mad and talked about 30% and I was wondering what happened? I suspect Epstein happened and he was trying to get Epstein off the news cycle and hitting our trading partners made for a way to break out of the Epstein new cycle.

Futures are mostly unchanged so maybe it was already priced in.

movdqa

what did eu agree that their tariff on US products will be?

sense4242

The Art of the Deal did it again. The Golden Age is here. Boo Yaa.

ZealousidealTry4499

President Trump gets it done! Markets will keep rising!!

Direct_Remove509

As expected, EU has bented. Only China stood up against the US.

Expert_Part_9115

Master__of_Orion

So we cannot invest even 500 billion in ourselves but lets give Trump nearly 1.5 trillion? How about invest in Europe and stop taking it up the ass..

TemuBoyfriend

“The United States and European Union struck a trade agreement on Sunday locking in a 15 percent tariff, days before Donald Trump’s deadline to do a deal or face tariffs double that level.

Trump, speaking after meeting European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen at his Turnberry golf club in Scotland, announced the deal to U.S. reporters.

He said the EU will agree to purchase $750 billion of energy and will agree to invest $600 billion more than planned in military equipment and opening countries to trade at zero tariff. 

The tariff rate applying to imports from the EU would be 15 percent, with the same rate applying to cars. Pharmaceuticals will not be covered by the deal.” - Politico

Crossstoney

So US places 15% tariff on all EU goods and we spend 600 billion on their weapons + all the other things? Doesn't seem we got anything out of this. 

Chinese and Russians are correct when they see EU as Americas vassal state.

EuroFederalist

It doesn't sound great for the EU but it looks even worse when EU officials were saying the UK deal was bad and they'd get better

They did not

kasvipohjainen

"15% tariffs, buy 750 billions worth of energy and invest 600 billions in USA, while EU get nothing"

Deal of the century, the people who said EU is just the lapdog of USA were right

D3niel1

The strongest argument for the EU always was that we'd be one of the biggest economies in the world and could be tough on trade.


All I've seen is EU leaders accept the shifting goalposts 3 times while putting up a massive bootlicking show at the NATO summit. I'll never forget this spineless performance. 


We're paying up for Ukraine, have to increase defence spending by 1,5%, and accepted that all of our exports to the US are now 15% more expensive while they have unfettered market access. It sickens me.

Decimerusi

The deal will still need to be approved by all Member States... And thank god because this is *fucking EMBARRASSING*. Everything at 15% while steel and aluminum keep getting tariffed at 50%, and no tariffs on EU products with a promise to buying billions in energy from the US. The article compares it to Japan but with Japan the 15% tariffs are RECIPROCAL.

It seems that this translates to: "screw the EU in the ass as long as you don't tariff pharmaceuticals". Now guess which country in Europe has the biggest pharmaceutical companies?

Queen Ursula indeed. She would do anything to keep in power and secure a nice retirement, heh?

Meinos

We knew it was coming, but what the fuck...

How is any of this fair? And what about the digital service tax?

vampyr01

Dam she folded like a cheap plastic chair

Tunnelman82

Total capitulation, embarrassing, though i don't understand, isn't the EU an economic bloc made also to deal with shit like this and give more leverage? If they can't the EU literally failed in one of its most important objectives

Thunder_Beam

So the US has a 15% tariff on EU goods while we don't put tarrifs on their goods? Doesn't sound fair. Ursula really doesn't have a spine.

TheBlackestCrow

&gt;Trump, reading from a paper, said the EU will agree to purchase $750 billion of energy. It will also agree to invest $600 billion more than planned in the U.S. 

Thus, the extortion was a success. See you in three to four months when the next demand comes up.

They have still not learned a fucking thing about dealing with Trump.

MercantileReptile

This is a clear win for Trump and definitely a defeat for the EU. I don't see how this continues to stand with members like France. I wonder if this decision will further throw the EU into a cohesion crisis with members no longer seeing a benefit of joint negotiation vs bilateral deal. Like France or Germany might sweet talk Trump into a better deal depending on the day and his mood.

Most_Grocery4388

“The European Union is going to agree to purchase from the United States $750 billion worth of energy,” Trump said. “They are going to agree to invest into the United States $600 billion more than they’re investing already.” + 15% Blanket tariff except steel and medicine.

Not with my money Ursula ! We didn't elected you for that ! 1.35T$ ?! That is the close to the whole amount of EU banknote circulating in the world ! I hope you are going to put flag on every goods in EU so that we know where they come from.

Top-Local-7482

I don't have any more words for these puppets, if i say what i really think i will not only get banned but probably arrested. 15% tariffs on our exports, 0% on theirs, while we fuel their military system buying weapons from them.

Urzuck

lynxloco

How embarrassing we can’t step up against this buffoon. Shit deal.

Environmental_Gap_65

It’s amazing how the country that has resisted trumps trade BS the most is the Canadians who are more dependent on the US for their economy than  any other country.

Kronos9898

&gt;Trump, reading from a paper, said the EU will agree to purchase $750 billion of energy. It will also agree to invest $600 billion more than planned in the U.S., in military equipment and in opening countries to trade at zero tariff.

&gt;The tariff rate applying to imports from the EU would be 15 percent, with the same rate applying to cars. Pharmaceuticals will not be covered by the deal. Trump also said that steel and aluminum would continue to be subject to 50 percent tariffs.

Man, for all that tough talk VdL caved hard. So the US will get something like 1.5 trillion USD in purchases while we still get tariffed at 15%. People here cheering for the Euro's gain should remember that our import into the US will now get even more expensive because currency difference + tariffs = our stuff cost too much.

TheoryOfDevolution

I’m absolutely disgusted and disappointed by the European Union. I thought they were gonna stand on business and deal Trump a hard battle, but instead they back down and hand him a victory. Absolutely disgusting.

Echo9Eight

Needs to be another vote of no confidence against Ursula. She bent over completely and gave Trump everything he wanted while getting nothing at all in return. How can you be the leader of an ECONOMIC union and fail so bad at negotiations. Get that spineless coward out

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Defiant_Title_2589

I hate Trump, but I guess a con man knows how to recognize a sucker. The EU just got reamed.

TheRealKrasnov

Trump won. Ursula folded like a garden chair. Sad useless woman. Go away! Loooooooooosers.

Hopeful-Ad2639

The problem is not the tariffs. The problem is we have compromised hige investmentes, energetic and defence policy to accommodate us interests in a clearly deteimental deal for eu interests

Ok-Environment2641

Absurd deal. Will only fuel the far right nationalism and anti eu talks. Ursula is spineless.

aiart13

To summarise the deal: PRETTY FUCKED for Europe. European Union countries will need jointly invest no less than $600 billions ( Japan deal is Japan invest $550 billions) at US direction, saying US decide how to invest EU’s fund. Not clear the profit split yet. (Japan deal is Japan only receives 10% of the investment profits, US holds 90% profit). In extra, EU countries will need buy no less than $150 billions US energy/commodities .

GeorgeMichaelFans

This is sickening... Tough words spoken, spineless reaction to a rising autocracy that seems to be getting away with everything so far.
Von der Leyen should resign.

NorthNo6908

what is in the deal for us europeans? If I read that correctly the US slaps our export with 15% and we pay them billions in return? Are the completely insane to accept that? Europa nicht der Leyen überlassen...

nontheidealchoise

Didnt they keep saying 10%? I see this as a big fail for EU. Theyve bent faster than thai hooker on the day of navy arrival

ILikeYourMommaJokes

&gt;This is the largest transaction in the history of our country. These countries are calling us up, kissing my ass. They are dying to make a deal. 'Please, please, sir, make a deal. I'll do anything. I'll do anything, sir.'

Trump, April 2025.

&gt;It's a very powerful deal, it's a very big deal, it's the biggest of all the deals

Trump, today.

So, in 4 months nothing changed, we kissed his ass and we let him humiliate us. Good job!

Naso_di_gatto

All the more reasons to not be dependent on one party. What a shame. 

Mrstrawberry209

EU completely folded. This is embarrassing. Trump wins. How can we let this keep happening? Fuck every EU-politician involved in this decision. And it doesn't even include the plans for taxing digital service providers like Google and Meta, wtf.

bickid

Ursula is possibly the worst European leader in all of history.

pizzaandlasagne

I am a massive supporter of the EU, but what the fuck is this? Complete capitation? You’re not gonna last very long like this Ursula

aalp234

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Individual_Yard_5636

The EPP will bring the downfall of the European Union. They are nothing more than spineless neoliberal conservatives who care more about lining the pockets of corporations than the wellbeing of regular people

TheDarkAcademicRO

What a shit deal. Ursula shouldn’t be allowed to negotiate such things anymore, get her out pls.

Gil15

VDL is becoming more and more ridiculous. We need to stop being servants of the Americans.

WarrenRedBarr

At least EU has caps attached to the bottles….

Offender1338

Next time this sub laughs at Trump, think about how we yet Europeans again foot the bill for the trillionaires over the ocean because we were unable to create our own ecosystem.

Rally_Sport

Europe capitulated  to Trumps administration bully tactics.

Sharp_Win_7989

Aaaaaand he fucked us too. 

People criticize him, but honestly he got the edge in all of these deals (obviously since the USA is the strongest country right now).

Ynneb82

This is a surrender.
Trump is very vindictive, and he will do everything he can to make Europe pay as much as possible.
It reminds me of how Rome destroyed Carthage.
Today is a bad day for Europe.
I'm waiting to hear what Macron and Merz have to say.

Any-Original-6113

MustyMustacheMan

ApprehensiveBed6296

Well, at this point we might as well replace the Bureaupean Commission with an nation-state-sized vagina and a flashing neon sign saying "Screw us harder please".

Absolutely pathetic capitulation.

DutchIRL

at this point we might as well just ask them to colonise us formally, just absorb us into the us. we would probably be better off. doomed continent europe is.

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