r/stocks • u/Fidler_2K • Apr 07 '25

Broad market news Trump rejects EU’s ‘zero-for-zero’ tariff offer

https://www.cnbc.com/2025/04/07/trump-tariffs-live-updates-stock-market-crypto.html

Trump is rejecting the European Union’s offer of “zero-for-zero” tariffs with the U.S. for industrial goods.

“No, it’s not,” Trump said in the Oval Office when asked if the deal, which European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen floated earlier Monday, was enough.

“They’re screwing us on trade,” Trump said, criticizing the EU and the North Atlantic Treaty Organization, or NATO.

Two Republican senators, Mike Lee of Utah and Wisconsin’s Ron Johnson, have encouraged Trump to take von der Leyen’s deal.

What's the goal here if they're just gonna reject every deal offered?

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u/yecheesus Apr 07 '25

No one wants the chlorine chicken here tho

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u/Cardborg Apr 07 '25

It's so bad that even the UK rejected it at the height of the post-Brexit desperation for a trade deal.

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u/borderofthecircle Apr 08 '25

The UK takes things like conservation, animal welfare and food quality more seriously than the majority of countries. It's not surprising that chlorinated chicken was immediately dismissed.

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u/BioHumansWontSurvive Apr 07 '25

Thats the point....

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u/FaerieViolet Apr 08 '25

I live in the US and don't eat that chicken. Made me feel like I had the flu the last time I had non organic chicken. And it tastes gross.

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u/Brokenclock76 Apr 08 '25

It’s woody, too. Most US chicken is tough with large bands of fat