Press review on Juncker and Trump: "Juncker made promises for which he has no mandate"

"The path of virtue is not in sight."

Westphalian News: "Europe has shown strength and time in the trade dispute with the United States However, it would be an illusion to believe that Donald Trump's policy of" l & # 39; 39; America First Abandoned The Path of Virtue – A Multilateral Trade Order – Is Not in View The motto is always: Save what can be saved. "

" Juncker did Promises for which he has no mandate to "

Rheinische Post: " Stock markets celebrate, Jean-Claude Juncker is pleased: Recently, the President of the Commission made a mockery with a supposed attack Now, he lets himself be celebrated as a man, the Trump He is certainly a step forward for Europe and the United States to return to the negotiating table, but it is far from To be a difficult business, because Juncker made promises for which he did not Mandate: It can not force an EU country or company to buy soy and LPG in the United States. At the same time, he unilaterally establishes a policy for the German auto industry. French farmers do not believe in a soybean, gas importers like Uniper do not care about American LPG. Paris is far from convinced. In addition, the world knows after a year and a half Trump, which is to keep his promises. Now he speaks of "great heat", ten days ago, he had called the EU still opponents. The trade war is not banned, Juncker has only done the mood. The real work is just beginning. "

" Juncker is part of the political theater of Trump "

Leipziger Volkszeitung: " When we see it in the light, it is a deceptive solution that Trump and Juncker have arranged. And that's the real price that the President of the European Commission had to pay. He became part of Trump's political theater. It helped him save time, which Trump urgently needs in view of US mid-term elections. "

" The clippings in your own flesh are already visible "

Straubinger Tagblatt: " It's so that we can with Trump, indeed, the Intuition matures that it is not so easy to win a trade war as it has often tinged it. The cuts in your own flesh are fortunately already visible. All this gives hope. However: Nobody knows what the president will tweet tomorrow. "

" First soft, then hard "

Stuttgarter Nachrichten: " Europeans must stay on their guard and if possible shut down: Trump is not over for the night The traders free have mutated. He sees the American trade deficits as a huge weakness, that he wants to fight to the maximum. Perhaps he thinks it would be better to work with Europeans on much bigger trade problems with China. Or he follows his familiar trading pattern: first soft, then hard. "No weakness," Trump tweeted as if to explain his thoughts. "

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