How to Actually Decouple from America

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Following the souring in EU-US relations, more and more European politicians have concluded that Europe needs to regain its independence from the US. In this video, we’re giving von der Leyen a hand and suggest what the EU could do to decouple from the US.

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Economic dependence
https://www.statista.com/chart/34886/net-deficit-surplus-of-eu-trade-with-the-united-states/?srsltid=AfmBOopPFuqLjdOlCx9Tqc_VrWfgP0mL5GBGDW5_B-g-A_uOR4iBrnlf
https://www.voronoiapp.com/trade/-US-EU-Export-Interdependence-Diverging-Trends-Since-the-Global-Financial-Crisis-3925
https://www.abnamro.com/research/en/our-research/global-monthly-whats-up-with-eurozone-productivity
https://tradingeconomics.com/european-union/balance-of-trade
https://x.com/Trade_EU/status/1744984921427546603
https://www.politico.eu/article/donald-trump-tariffs-eu-free-trade-deals-ursula-von-der-leyen/

Security dependence
https://adamtooze.substack.com/p/chartbook-389-europes-zombie-armies
https://www.politico.eu/article/eu-freeze-us-multi-billion-defense-plan-arm-makers/

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