Companies Welcome EU-U.S. Trade Deal as Least-Bad Outcome
President Trump and European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen, who leads the EU's executive body, announced the preliminary deal on Sunday that puts baseline tariffs at 15% for most European goods. In parallel, the EU said European companies would buy $750 billion of American energy products over three years and invest an additional $600 billion in the U.S.
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