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David Coffey

EU’s controversial trade truce with Trump faces mounting backlash

US President Donald Trump met with European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen in Turnberry, Scotland, Britain, 27 July 2025 to announce a new EU-US trade deal. © Evelyn Hockstein / Reuters

Reaction has been pouring in to the newly struck EU-US trade deal, with the EU facing growing criticism over a compromise many see as a strategic misstep under pressure from Washington.

In what has been a politically charged week, European Union negotiators have come out swinging in defence of the new trade framework struck with the United States, arguing that the controversial deal was the only alternative to a catastrophic trade war.

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