@Adrien_B_A As a Chinese expat working in Paris this year, I cannot understand how people survive the heat without ac in the apartment. But I do envy the outrageous slow lifestyle compared with China.
What I worried about has happened. A completely unequal “deal” between the US and the EU. Have no doubt: asymmetric 15% tariffs are a EU defeat.
When the law of the jungle prevails, the weak have little choice than to accept their fate. But Europe could potentially have been strong, either alone or in a coalition with others. It would have had to be ready for stormy waters. But it would have gotten a better deal in the end and sent a strong message to the world. An opportunity lost.