UK and EU to defy Trump with ‘free and open trade’ declaration
(www.politico.eu)
from MicroWave@lemmy.world to world@lemmy.world on 28 Apr 2025 17:05
https://lemmy.world/post/28830967
from MicroWave@lemmy.world to world@lemmy.world on 28 Apr 2025 17:05
https://lemmy.world/post/28830967
The draft U.K.-EU agreement is one of several being drawn up ahead of a May 19 summit.
Britain and the European Union are set to sign a formal declaration committing to “free and open trade” in defiance of Donald Trump’s tariff agenda.
A leaked draft seen by POLITICO promises a “new strategic partnership” between London and Brussels based on “maintaining global economic stability and our mutual commitment to free and open trade.”
It comes as Keir Starmer’s U.K. government is locked in negotiations with the Trump administration to try to get a carve-out from the U.S. president’s new tariffs.
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It's nice to see the UK and EU getting so integrated. I'm not an expert, so I'm wondering if this could be the closest their partnership has been in recent years.
Maybe they should form some sort of union between the two parties.
Gotta wait for Nigel Farage and other gammons to not be quite so much of a threat before that decision can be addressed properly.
In the meantime, things like this are the probably the best way to go about it.
There already is one, UK is free to re-join.
Woooosh
That’s the joke bro
How’s the view on Brexit in the UK these days?
ipsos.com/…/half-britons-believe-brexit-has-been-…
Still a lot of fascist idiots. Generally they are old, but that still a lot of people. Poll have changed more because Leavers are aging out, rather minds changing.
Eh… could be worse.
Oh it may well get worse. FPTP could give them power. Rarely does the power in party have a majority of the population support. Labour need to ditch FPTP for good of the country. But they won’t because they could win again, and it’s party before country.
they’re ready for brre-entry now
Whilst we’re still fighting those that caused Brexit I think we need to be careful of introducing instability with “in again / out again” policy swings. I think we’re best aiming at something which removes barriers but doesn’t stir up the anti EU sentiment that still exists.
Alignment, deals, treaties, but not membership.
People have moved closer to the middle from both sides, but the average has moved to it being bad.
My understanding is a few people didn’t understand and have regrets, most are stubbornly insisting it was right, reform UK party is still growing I think.
Although I live in London, know nobody who wanted it, and everyone I know thinks the rest of the country are morons. (Manchester’s cool I guess)
Free. Commerce. Eu. Uk.
i’m still working on it, but i think it’s going to form an acronym that says “f.u.c.k. t.r.u.m.p”
Free Unions’ Commerce Konvention: Toward Reciprocal Unity in Market Practices.
One more agreement that wouldn't have been necessary before Brexit.
But also kind of amazing that the US fucked up so bad that the EU is beginning to forgive the UK for the slap in the face of leaving.
I think it is more the UK which appears weak for coming crawling back to the EU.
We were dumb as shit for leaving. The end.
It’s ok mate, we voted for the stupidest Hitler. Twice.
Sooooooo, basically cancelling brexit without cancelling brexit, then?
Unless the new Treaty properly covers Services and hence includes Freedom Of Movement (which is required for suppliers in one country to freely provide services which cannot be remotelly provided in other countries), not really.
One of the biggest arguments of the Brexiters was to be able to get rid of Freedom Of Movement so that they didn’t have to accepts all immigrants from the EU (all of which with time ended up with the funny outcome that now Britain still gets as many immigrants coming in as they did when part of the EU, only now they’re almost all non-white something which the Brexiters - who are almost invariably racist - find even more distasteful).
I very much doubt that the current, New Labour, government who are maybe the most rightwing Labour government ever and have even been blowing a couple of far-right anti-immigration dog-whistles will be accepting the return of Freedom Of Movement.
Lol that’s actually stupid funny.
Trump & Co. Managed to piss off UK and EU enough that they said “know what, let bygones be bygones, fuck the US”
BREXIN PogChamp
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GREAT BRIT-IN
Yes please!! Resist this fucker! Destroy his self image and make him crumble into himself! We will suffer regardless so I pray that we at least get to watch KRASNOV get played for a fool! Wahaha
Trump will be the one to finally undo Brexit.
They weren’t doing this before? Why is it that Trump wants to the US to be treated fair, and now everyone is upset?
Trump doesn’t want the US to be treated fair, at best you would have to be extremely naive to believe that nonsense claim by Trump. The US was already treated more than fairly. Trump destroys all previous foreign relationships the US had in favour of a malfunctioning bully method where he wants it all (but in reality it results in him getting nothing).
In short he is applying the bully method of his failed career as a businessman to the US, where it is even less effective.
Do you live in the US? Are you siding with all the other countries? I’m confused how liberals/democrats view everything going on, as if they want all these other countries to “stick to the US”…
Trade was already fair, both sides had open markets and followed the same rules. For example, EU goods faced low U.S. tariffs, and vice versa. Some tariffs existed, like 10% on U.S. cars entering the EU and 2.5% on EU cars going to the U.S., mainly to protect key industries, keep leverage for future deals, or defend specific standards. So Trump’s claim of unfairness is more about politics and narrative than actual trade imbalance and facts xD As per usual with him
Again, I ask… are you with all these other countries and against your own? I’ve seen our own people on Lemmy AND Reddit commend China for sticking up to the US…like seriously, WTF?