Economist on EU-US trade deal: putting 15% tariff on closest trading partner is stupid idea

George Mihalcea

(28 Jul 2025) RESTRICTION SUMMARY ASSOCIATED PRESS Brussels, Belgium - 28 July 2025 1. Mid Nicolas Poitiers, Ph.D, Economics at Bruegel think tank 2. View of Bruegel logo 3. SOUNDBITE (English) Niclas Poitiers, Ph.D, Economics at Bruegel think tank: “This is I think politically, in foreign policy terms, this agreement is very troublesome. At the same time, I think in economic terms what we see as evidence is that it's probably very manageable for the EU and to some extent this is a victory for