The Financial Times reports that the EU is weighing a UK-style trade deal with the US. That would leave the reciprocal tariffs around 10% and then they will try to negotiate better conditions for sectoral tariffs.
The EU is also not looking to retaliate after the July deadline anymore as they fear stronger economic consequences and protracted trade war.
This is just another sign that tariffs don’t matter anymore as we will very likely end up with a global 10% tariff rate and retaliations and deadlines are just empty threats.
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This article was written by Giuseppe Dellamotta at www.forexlive.com.