FT: US and EU or close to a 50% tariff deal

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The FT is reporting that the US and EU are closing on a 15% tariff deal:

  • US would waive tariffs on some products including aircraft, spirits, and medical devices
  • EU could agree to the so-called reciprocal levies to avoid the US presence threat to raise them to 30% from August 1
  • EU bloc will continue to prepare a possible EUR 93bln package of retaliatory tariffs, set at up to 30%, in case they cannot agree on a deal by August 1.:

This article was written by Greg Michalowski at investinglive.com.