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(Opinion) Transatlantic ties in limbo after Trump win

2016-11-15 08:27:00       source:Global Times

November 15,2016


"The victory of Donald Trump in the presidential election has not been welcomed in Europe. The new US president is widely considered an atypical politician who might jeopardize the transatlantic partnership. The EU diagnoses a direct threat from his political rhetoric. Specifically, it is highly concerned for five different reasons.

First, Trump does not value Europe's role in the world. He seems hesitant to realize the importance of the EU in the international system and will not necessarily pay attention to the EU position on several foreign policy and economic issues, possibly challenging the principle of multilateralism.

Second, he does not believe in the perspective of further European integration. He supported Brexit in the referendum of June 23, asserting that the UK could successfully follow its own course irrespective of the EU."


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