EU negotiated with Trump ‘from weakness’

Press quote (The Telegraph)
28 July 2025

Sander Tordoir, chief economist at the Centre for European Reform, and a former European Central Bank official, blames the poor trade terms secured by the EU on the unwillingness of Brussels to retaliate.

“Brussels talked a big game about readiness for a trade war - but failed to load the retaliation gun,” he says.