Did the EU negotiations collapse? Trump's 17% tariff conspiracy: Post-Brexit Britain is the real winner!
According to British media reports, in the temporary agreement that the EU is about to sign, the U.S. has set tariffs on EU steel, cars, and other products at 10%, seemingly on par with the UK, but the details reveal a fatal gap: UK products can enter the U.S. market with lower barriers, while EU agricultural exports are specifically targeted with a high tariff of 17%. An EU diplomat stated bluntly: "We have negotiated for two years, but the result is still not as good as post-Brexit Britain?
Behind this is Trump's classic strategy of "divide and conquer." After Brexit, the UK is eager to bind itself to the U.S., naturally ceding more benefits in negotiations, while the EU, as a unified large market, is seen as a "tougher nut to crack."
For a real case: during the 2018 U.S.-EU steel and aluminum tariff war, Trump directly threatened to impose a 25% tariff on EU cars, ultimately ending with a "temporary exemption"—history is repeating itself.
As a cryptocurrency analyst in the coin circle, I must remind you: every escalation of traditional trade wars could become a catalyst for cryptocurrencies.
Risk aversion is rising: when EU agriculture faces a 17% tariff, the profits of French wine merchants and Dutch dairy companies will be squeezed, and funds may flow from traditional assets into Bitcoin and other "digital gold."
Dollar index volatility: the U.S. harvesting European capital through tariffs may push up the dollar, temporarily suppressing Bitcoin prices, but in the long term, the damage to the dollar's credibility will accelerate the narrative of "decentralized currency"; policy chain reactions: if the EU retaliates against U.S. tariffs, the chaos in the global supply chain will exacerbate inflation, and the Fed's interest rate hike expectations may change, indirectly affecting liquidity in the crypto market.
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