It’s not the first time. There was a tariff deal on the table that accomplished this and more, but Trump tore it up. It was called TTIP, but his fear of acronyms led him to dismiss it.
In the meantime, he got nothing. Europe was going to buy soybeans anyway. The ones they bought last year (from Brazil) now go to China, so the US ones will be the cheapest to deliver. LNG cargoes are not inter-governmental. The EU has no control over where a private company like Shell sends LNG, and they’ll send it to Asia, where the price is highest. Europeans use Russian pipeline gas because that’s the cheapest. Germany has no LNG terminals.
It was a complete cave by Trump, and a good thing, because his tariff policies regarding Nafta and the EU and automobiles are stupid. China is a different story. Listen to Lighthizer on China.
They charge 10% tariffs on our vehicles and we charge 2.5% on their’s.
What part of that makes sense to you?
Rather than dumping on Trump for not agreeing to that deal, why don’t you spend more time trying to figure out why he didn’t agree to it?
If it would have accomplished his goals, why wouldn’t he sign it and then claim credit for having done so?
No, you are a stupid traitor. F off.
I see where you got your user name.
Babble on.