Donald Trump announced on Thursday May 8 a first truce in his world commercial offensive in the form of a compromise ” historical With London, even if the details of the text indicate a rather limited scope.
The American president said he was “ ravi “To announce the news on the day’s birthday of the Allies’ victory in 1945. Regarding a few concrete points of this agreement negotiated for several weeks, Donald Trump assured that the United Kingdom was going to open up more to American products, for” Several billion dollars », « especially for American beef, ethanol and almost all the products produced by our dear farmers ».
The American president assured that he did not exaggerate the service of the agreement, describing a compromise within reach ” maximum ». However, he said that the 10 % floor tax announced on April 2 on all goods imported into the United States would remain in place, judging that it was a rate “ bas ».
« Significant preferential treatment “, According to the British Prime Minister
The details will be revealed ” later ». For Keir Starmer, being the first country to conclude an agreement confirms its conciliation strategy between the United States and the rest of Europe.
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