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The Guardian - UK
The Guardian - UK
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Jon Henley Europe correspondent

Majority in EU’s biggest states believes bloc ‘sold out’ in US tariff deal, poll finds

Donald Trump shakes hands with European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen, in Turnberry, Scotland in July after reaching the deal
An average of 52% described the deal agreed by Donald Trump and the European Commission president, Ursula von der Leyen, as a ‘humiliation’. Photograph: Evelyn Hockstein/Reuters

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 for the European affairs debate platform Le Grand Continent, 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.

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