{"id":13267,"date":"2025-08-04T15:21:16","date_gmt":"2025-08-04T13:21:16","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.actvism.org\/?p=13267"},"modified":"2025-08-04T15:21:18","modified_gmt":"2025-08-04T13:21:18","slug":"usa-eu-trade-deal","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.actvism.org\/en\/latest\/usa-eu-trade-deal\/","title":{"rendered":"The U.S.-E.U. Trade Deal: Too Awful To Be True"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"container\" data-sal=\"slide-up\" data-sal-easing=\"ease-in-out\" data-sal-delay=\"200\"><div class=\"row justify-content-md-center pb-3\"><div class=\"cnt_col\">\n<p>Last week, after months of tough talk from Donald Trump, the Trump administration and the European Commission announced a new \u2018trade deal\u2019 between the United States and the European Union. Within days, however, conflicting accounts emerged about the key terms of the deal. The Trump administration claims, for example, that the EU will invest $600 billion in the United States, but the European Commission says it lacks the authority to make any such commitment on behalf of European corporations. So who is telling the truth? Moreover, if the Trump administration is being honest, then just how bad is this trade deal for Europe?<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div>\n\n<div class=\"container\" data-sal=\"slide-up\" data-sal-easing=\"ease-in-out\" data-sal-delay=\"200\"><div class=\"row justify-content-md-center pb-3\"><div class=\"cnt_col\">\n<p>Dimitri Lascaris explores these questions with Professor Costas Lapavitsas and also discusses NATO\u2019s recent announcement of a drastic increase in military spending by its member states, and the sharp decline in China\u2019s holdings of U.S. treasuries.<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div>\n\n<div class=\"container\" data-sal=\"slide-up\" data-sal-easing=\"ease-in-out\" data-sal-delay=\"200\"><div class=\"row justify-content-md-center pb-3\"><div class=\"cnt_col\">\n<p>This video was produced by Reason2Resist and published on their YouTube channel on the 31st of July, 2025. We have translated it into German and are republishing it today to help build opinion on this issue in Germany and beyond.<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div>\n\n<div class=\"container\" data-sal=\"slide-up\" data-sal-easing=\"ease-in-out\" data-sal-delay=\"200\"><div class=\"row justify-content-md-center pb-3\"><div class=\"cnt_col\">\n<p class=\"wp-embed-aspect-16-9 wp-has-aspect-ratio\">To read the transcript of the interview: <strong><strong><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.actvism.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/The-U.S.-E.U.-Trade-Deal_-Too-Awful-To-Be-True.docx.pdf\">The U.S.-E.U. 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As a lawyer, he specializes in class action litigation, international law and human rights. He was a member of the shadow cabinets of the Green Parties of Canada and Quebec. In 2020, he ran for the leadership of the Green Party of Canada and came in second. He is also the founder and editor of the&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/@reason2resist\">YouTube channel Reasons 2 Resists with Dimitri Lascaris.<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div>\n\n<div class=\"container\" data-sal=\"slide-up\" data-sal-easing=\"ease-in-out\" data-sal-delay=\"200\"><div class=\"row justify-content-md-center pb-3\"><div class=\"cnt_col\">\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">ABOUT COSTAS LAPAVITSAS<\/h2>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div>\n\n<div class=\"container\" data-sal=\"slide-up\" data-sal-easing=\"ease-in-out\" data-sal-delay=\"200\"><div class=\"row justify-content-md-center pb-3\"><div class=\"cnt_col\">\n<p>Costas Lapavitsas is Professor of Economics at SOAS, University of London. 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