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That's it - 🇪🇺President von der Leyen's 'surrender deal' is dead. The EU is complying with the terms of their surrender. The 🇪🇺Parliament has ratified the terms. It is the US which is breaking the terms of the deal with this new tariff threat. Appeasement has not worked.

Laurence Mee (Wyrm)

@wyrmuk.bsky.social

1 May

I wouldn't say that the trade deal was appeasement. There were enough benefits to the EU in it.

Dave Keating

@davekeating.substack.com

1 May

Name one. Having tariffs increase from nothing to 15% instead of the threatened 20% is not a benefit.

Laurence Mee (Wyrm)

@wyrmuk.bsky.social

1 May

Aircraft parts imported from the EU into the US - exempt from tariffs. There you go - one (out of many) named. 🙂 15% instead of 20% sounds like a win too.

Dave Keating

@davekeating.substack.com

There were no such tariffs before the liberation day threat!! There are absolutely no benefits compared to the previous situation. Literally none. Having your adversary back off a tiny bit from their maximalist threats but impose the rest of the threats is not a benefit.

2/5/26, 7:59 am0 reposts2 likes

Laurence Mee (Wyrm)

@wyrmuk.bsky.social

2 May

Before 2024, European cars (for example) had a 2.5% tariff - so saying there were no such tariffs is misinformation.