How Much Does Europe Really Need US Trade?

Sign up to Brilliant for free and you'll also get 20% off an annual premium subscription: https://brilliant.org/tldr/ Order a copy of Too Long: https://toolong.news For the past few months, Trump has been playing around with tariffs, shaking up the global economies. As such, the EU has stepped up to cast itself as the new trade bloc, open for business. In this video, we're taking a look at the EU's pre-existing network of trade agreements, and whether it could be expanded to replace the US. 📰 Too Long: https://toolong.news/ 💡 Got a Topic Suggestion? - https://forms.gle/mahEFmsW1yGTNEYXA Our mission is to explain news and politics in an impartial, efficient, and accessible way, balancing import and interest while fostering independent thought. TLDR is a completely independent & privately owned media company that's not afraid to tackle the issues we think are most important. The channel is run by a small group of young people, with us hoping to pass on our enthusiasm for politics to other young people. We are primarily fan sourced with most of our funding coming from donations and ad revenue. No shady corporations, no one telling us what to say. We can't wait to grow further and help more people get informed. Help support us by subscribing, engaging and sharing. Thanks! 1 - https://policy.trade.ec.europa.eu/eu-trade-relationships-country-and-region/countries-and-regions/united-states_en 2 - https://ec.europa.eu/eurostat/statistics-explained/index.php?title=USA-EU_-_international_trade_in_goods_statistics 3 - https://www.politico.eu/article/a-trump-trade-war-2-0-will-be-worse-than-the-first-for-europe/ 4 - https://www.ifw-kiel.de/topics/kiel-trade-and-tariffs-monitor 5 - https://x.com/Trade_EU/status/1744984921427546603 6 - https://www.politico.eu/article/donald-trump-tariffs-eu-free-trade-deals-ursula-von-der-leyen/ 7 - https://www.politico.eu/article/germany-france-olaf-scholz-gabriel-attal-clash-mercosur-deal/ 8 - https://www.politico.eu/article/urusla-von-der-leyen-world-lining-up-work-european-union-donald-trump-trade-war/ 9 - https://www.mitrade.com/insights/news/live-news/article-3-741919-20250405 10 - https://www.politico.eu/article/donald-trump-pushes-france-reassess-trade-alternatives-mercosur-deal/ 11 - https://www.ft.com/content/13a830ce-071a-477f-864c-e499ce9e6065 12 - https://home-affairs.ec.europa.eu/policies/schengen/schengen-area/temporary-reintroduction-border-control_en 00:00 - Introduction 01:14 - Context 02:40 - Agreements with Other Countries 04:51 - Completing the Single Market 07:17 - Sponsored Content