{"id":714,"date":"2025-07-28T11:53:27","date_gmt":"2025-07-28T11:53:27","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.youtubexyoutube.com\/?p=714"},"modified":"2025-08-01T13:49:04","modified_gmt":"2025-08-01T13:49:04","slug":"us-trade-deal-will-fuel-eus-deindustrialization-lavrov-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.youtubexyoutube.com\/index.php\/2025\/07\/28\/us-trade-deal-will-fuel-eus-deindustrialization-lavrov-2\/","title":{"rendered":"US trade deal will fuel EU\u2019s \u2018deindustrialization\u2019 \u2013 Lavrov"},"content":{"rendered":"
The agreement has dealt a \u201cvery hard blow\u201d to a number of business sectors in the bloc, the Russian foreign minister has said<\/strong><\/p>\n The new US-EU trade agreement threatens to accelerate \u201cdeindustrialization\u201d<\/em> in Europe by redirecting investment to the US and increasing the bloc\u2019s dependency on American energy exports, Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov has said.<\/p>\n On Sunday, European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen and US President Donald Trump finalized<\/a> a controversial deal that allowed the EU and US to avert a full-scale trade war.<\/p>\n Under the deal, the US has reduced its proposed 30% tariffs to a flat 15% on most European exports. The EU has committed to purchasing $750 billion worth of US energy, primarily liquefied natural gas and nuclear fuel, and agreed to invest around $600 billion into US industries. The bloc has also undertaken to increase imports of US-made weapons.<\/p>\n Speaking at the \u2018Territory of Meanings\u2019 forum on Monday, Lavrov described the arrangement as \u201cclearly leading to further deindustrialization of Europe and capital flight.\u201d<\/em> He added that rising energy prices and investment outflows will strike a \u201cvery hard blow\u201d<\/em> to European industrial and agricultural sectors.<\/p>\n