European stocks had made a strong recovery yesterday because the EU suggested negotiating and even proposed a free market for manufactured goods with the USA. But it approved a retaliation in the background in case the negotiations failed.

There are people here who even thought that the 50 EU countries had agreed to negotiate... 😂😂🙃

It seems the intention was for Trump to suspend the tariffs based on this signaling. As the tariffs continued to be charged, the EU activated the backup plan, and every man for himself!