The European Union’s tariff deal has not yet ended, as the Europeans say are not satisfied with Trump’s conditions

All of them were shaking hands and smiles when European Commission President Ursula von der Lin and US President Donald Trump announced that a trade agreement of the European Union and the United States had been reached after months of quarrels – won the deadline of Trump on August 1 to conclude a deal.

Many people breathed a sigh of relief that European negotiators have avoided a 30 % tariff that Trump threatened months ago. Other countries are still racing to end deals with the United States to avoid fee networks.

But since the news of the United States and the European Union deal was announced at the end of last week, not only criticism, but it became clear that many details have not yet been settled, there are many contradictions between the two sides and some countries in the European Union will be affected by an impartial manner.

A few European leaders rejoiced by announcing a 15 % tariff application to most European Union exports to the United States – an improvement in a 30 % tariff that Trump initially threatened, but it is still a significant increase in the average average rate of 4.8 % previous.

However, during the expression of unfortunately because the European Union did not adopt a strict position to negotiate, many agreed that the deal had at least brought a distort of certainty and the possibility of predicting Europe after a number of engraved months.

“I was hoping to achieve various results,” said German Finance Minister Lars Klingil. “However, all in all, it is good to have an agreement with the United States, that there is no other escalation.”

As of Thursday, a joint statement has not been issued yet, although the committee has confirmed that it will not be a legally binding document, but it is “a set of political obligations.”

“From there, the additional exemptions we are looking for in our agreement with the United States will flow,” Olov Jill, commission spokesman said.

the The general outlines of the committee From the deal, he confirmed that it was not legally binding.

the White House fact paper Regarding the agreement, none of these caveats is presented and says that he is achieving “historical structural reforms”, but US Trade President Howard Lootnick admitted on Wednesday that the talks will continue and that the European Union officials and the United States are still discussing some aspects of the framework.

“This is not the end of the story and we will not leave it in it,” said French President Emmanuel Macron. “It is the first step in the negotiation process that will continue.”

Cinzia Alcidi of the European Policy Studies Center in Brussels says that commercial agreements usually take between 18 and 24 months of bilateral negotiations. “To give some certainty to the industry and private sectors now, the bitch tariff will be applied by 15 % – but then there will be efforts to get some goods a different deal,” she says.

According to the White House, Pharmaceutical preparations and semi -conductors It will fall under a 15 % tariff, not mentioning this number is the upper limit.

But the European Union says that the two sectors will remain at the current 0 % average at the present time, until the prices of the new global tariffs are agreed. Any future tariff, according to the European Union, will be covered by 15 %.

Definitions on Steel and aluminumAccording to the United States, it will remain 50 %. The European Union says that Brussels and Washington will reduce this number and will be replaced by the quota system to come after August 1.

Some of the most obvious contradictions can be found in the language that the two sides use to describe Investment obligations in the European Union.

When the American statement says that the European Union “will buy” $ 750 billion (568 billion pounds) in American oil, LNG (LNG) and nuclear energy products, the European Union says only that it “intends” to do so while dismantling Russian gas and oil.

Cinzia alcidi says it is not clear whether the United States can provide these sums to the European Union.

Likewise, the United States says that the European Union will invest $ 600 billion by the end of Trump’s second period – but the European Union countries simply that “companies have expressed their interest” in investing in this amount by 2029. Because Brussels cannot compel private companies to invest in the United States, there is no technical guarantee that the amount can be reached or will be reached.

According to the United States, “the European Union agreed to buy large sums.” American military equipment. There is no mention of this in the European Union statement.

Nearly 80 % of the European Union’s defense investment already goes to the United States, and its size may not be possible; Moreover, this commitment will be at odds with the recent re -arms plan for Von Der Leyen, which calls for investments in the local defense industry in Europe.

While negotiations continue, the United States will also apply a 15 % tariff to wine and spiritual drinks, adding that it will continue to try to move.

On Wednesday, Macron said that the agreement had the advantage of providing “the possibility of a short -term prediction” – but also called for Europe to be more stable with the United States.

“To be free, you should be afraid. We were not afraid enough,” he said.

Given the amount of details that still need to get rid, the next stage of negotiations is scheduled to continue for some time – and after the reverse reaction the committee received this week, European negotiators may feel under greater pressure to stand on their land.

Although the tariff by 15 % will strike all European countries, they will affect them in various ways.

Germany, Ireland and Italy are particularly exposed due to the nature of their partnerships with the United States. For Germany’s car makers, the United States represents 13 % of their exports of 34 billion euros (29 billion pounds). Hildgard Muller, president of the German Automobile Industry Association, said the new definitions will be a costly burden.

Among the European Union countries, Ireland depends on the United States as an export market. In particular, it exports and exported medicines worth $ 50 billion annually-so Dublin welcomed the European Union’s European Union agreement through the distorted teeth. “This is what it is and we are advancing,” said Neil Richmond, Minister of State at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Ireland.

Italy’s agricultural, pharmaceutical and cars sectors will also suffer, and the GDP (GDP) can take 0.2 % as a result of a 15 % tax, according to the Italian Institute for International Political Studies.

Cristiano Fennie of the Italian Federation told farmers that the deal with the United States felt more “surrender”. Many Italian trade societies are now aimed at compensation from the European Union to compensate for the expected losses.

But this is exactly what the European Union needs to resist, says Ceninsia Alkeidi.

She believes that the comprehensive compensation for the European Union exporters will end up with the cost of taxpayers, “and this would be a great victory for Trump because it means that, in the end, the Europeans pay the price of its definitions.”