Come ON!…..
This IS getting to be a Joke…..
Trump’s ‘game’ IS Getting OLD……
This actually is NOT a joke….
But?
Two days after threatening to impose a 50% tariff on imports from the European Union, President Trump on Sunday paused the levies until July and said talks would start “rapidly.”
Why it matters: The threat of such a large tariff, on more than $600 billion of goods, sent a chill through markets that feared a sudden re-escalation of the trade war.
Catch up quick: On Friday, Trump posted to Truth Social that the EU had been “very difficult to deal with” and that talks were “going nowhere!”
- He said he’d recommend a tariff starting June 1 that was more than double what he’d imposed on “Liberation Day” in early April (but paused a week later).
Yes, but: On Sunday evening, Trump said he’d received a call from Ursula von der Leyen, president of the European Commission, requesting a pause until July 9.
- “(It) was my privilege to do so,” he said on Truth Social.
- In a post to X, von der Leyen said the EU was “ready to advance talks swiftly and decisively.”
The intrigue: The Financial Times reported on Friday the U.S. was preparing to reject an approach on trade from the EU, demanding instead that the Europeans make unilateral tariff cuts first….
Note….
I’ve posted here….
With China stearing Trump Down?
Countires are NOT just bending Trump’s way anymore….
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