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After China blocked imports of US soy, EU Commission president Jean-Claude Juncker was on hand to promise Trump that Europe would boost imports (Photo: European Commission)

Trumped-up: EU-US trade deal spells climate disaster

European trade diplomats are looking across the Atlantic again.

Fearful of the next Trump tweet, which will either raise EU car tariffs (failure) or lower EU steel and aluminium tariffs (victory), they are navigating tense waters.

While EU negotiators provide their American counterparts with a range of trade gifts, their communication colleagues provide the public with empty promises that there is nothing to worry about.

But quietly, the environment and the public interes...

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After China blocked imports of US soy, EU Commission president Jean-Claude Juncker was on hand to promise Trump that Europe would boost imports (Photo: European Commission)

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