6
May
2025
Watch
A unified EU response to unjustified US trade measures and global trade opportunities for the EU (debate)
Mr President! Our goal must clearly remain free trade. But the EU must also be ready to fight back with full force in the trade war. Because only from a position of strength will there be a solution with someone like Donald Trump. We must be open to pragmatic solutions, but above all we must finally seize the opportunities that lie openly before us. Trade policy must finally become more pragmatic, rather than a substitute for a lack of EU foreign policy. We must conclude the trade agreement with India later this year, ratify the agreement with Mexico, and above all: Any EU country that has not yet ratified the CETA agreement with Canada must finally do so. Above all, I no longer understand this mythical but fact-free blockade of the Mercosur agreement. While Trump is shinning every partner in the world, the EU must send a signal to old and new partners in the world: We want more trade with you! This makes us and our partners stronger economically and geopolitically.