Former EU trade negotiator slams U.S.-EU trade deal: This 'miserable deal' has no winners

Recent days have seen controversy over the U.S.-EU trade deal. John Clarke, a former EU trade negotiator, criticized the deal, stating that "it's not a win for anybody" but rather a "miserable deal" that exposes the EU's passive position in the negotiations. Clarke pointed out that the EU had no choice in the dispute and was ultimately forced to accept the tariff terms unilaterally proposed by the U.S. "It (the EU) believed wrongly that it was negotiating with a rational, sensible negotiating partner, Trump doesn't have that kind of playbook," Clarke stated. He emphasized that this cognitive bias directly left the EU in a passive stance throughout the bargaining process, culminating in its reluctant acceptance of this compromised outcome.