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The EU is just too damn slow

In July 2025 America and the European Union agreed on a lopsided trade deal, signed at President Donald Trump’s Turnberry golf course in Scotland. By September officialdom in Washington had completed the necessary paperwork. Getting it through the EU system in Brussels has proved more complicated. There were two legislative proposals from the European Commission, a report from the European Parliament, then some haggling between the bloc’s 27 member states on how they should jointly negotiate with MEPs. Meetings ensued, press releases were issued.

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