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| Why the EU-Japan trade pact is a big deal for Trump |
| 2017-07-07 |
| [Finance.Yahoo] On Thursday, the European Union and Japan announced an agreement on a new trade deal. Did it involve the two economies surrendering their sovereignty to Coming just one day before the start of the G-20 meeting in Germany, this deal is also seen as something of a rebuke to the antagonistic trade talk President Donald Trump made a cornerstone of his campaign and which has featured prominently in the early days of his presidency. On Wednesday, for example, Trump tweeted that the United States has "made some of the worst Trade Deals in world history. [Why] should we continue these deals with countries that do not help us?" |
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