U.S. Reaches Trade Deal with Europe
The European Union and the United States agreed on Sunday to a broad-brush trade deal that sets a 15 percent tariff on most goods, including cars. In addition:
- The European Union had agreed to purchase $750 billion of American energy
- EU to increase its investment in the United States by more than $600 billion above current levels.
- EU would buy military equipment
- No tariffs would be imposed on some goods.
The agreement will “rebalance, but enable trade on both sides,” Ursula von der Leyen, the president of the European Commission said. The European Union last year accounted for nearly $610 billion of the $3.3 trillion in goods imported by the United States.