[GUEST ACCESS MODE: Data is scrambled or limited to provide examples. Make requests using your API key to unlock full data. Check https://lunarcrush.ai/auth for authentication information.] [@TheresaAFallon](/creator/twitter/TheresaAFallon) "1/ US EU trade deal announced by Prez Trump at his golf course in Scotland. The EU is one of the largest trading partners of US. Acc to WSJ this and marks Trumps biggest deal so far in his attempt to remake the global trading system through higher tariffs for U.S. trading partners"  [@TheresaAFallon](/creator/x/TheresaAFallon) on [X](/post/tweet/1949530744109642032) 2025-07-27 18:02:04 UTC 54.2K followers, 8098 engagements "EU went from "We Will Run the 21st Century" to a post post modern panic"  [@TheresaAFallon](/creator/x/TheresaAFallon) on [X](/post/tweet/1949914898823336045) 2025-07-28 19:28:34 UTC 54.2K followers, 1419 engagements "🧵Ursula von der Leyen tells Xi EU-China ties are at inflection point #EUChinasummit is in Beijing bcuz Xi wouldnt travel to Brussels. Difficult to deliver a tough message while appearing to kowtow to China"  [@TheresaAFallon](/creator/x/TheresaAFallon) on [X](/post/tweet/1948298084133343721) 2025-07-24 08:23:55 UTC 54.2K followers, 7143 engagements "7/ Von der Leyen had agreed that the EUs trade surplus in goods with the US which hit almost 200bn last year needed to be cut. We have to rebalance it she said. US trading partners have expressed concern that even when they strike agreements with Trump to lower his tariffs they face uncertainty over future American levies on sectors including pharmaceuticals chips and aerospace"  [@TheresaAFallon](/creator/x/TheresaAFallon) on [X](/post/tweet/1949548290107711792) 2025-07-27 19:11:47 UTC 54.2K followers, XXX engagements "4/ FT: US and EU have struck a trade deal that would impose American tariffs of XX% on most imports from the bloc Donald Trump said on Sunday. The EU has agreed to spend hundreds of billions of dollars on additional American energy products and weapons as part of the deal the US president said. The agreement which is set to avoid a transatlantic trade war was struck during a meeting between Trump and European Commission president Ursula von der Leyen at his Turnberry golf resort in Scotland"  [@TheresaAFallon](/creator/x/TheresaAFallon) on [X](/post/tweet/1949546874337186060) 2025-07-27 19:06:10 UTC 54.2K followers, XXX engagements "This cartoon is making the rounds on X w/o attribution. It most likely was made by a European as it is so Eurocentric (the great powers sit around thinking about Europe🤔)Does anyone know who created this I understand it is a modern take of a cartoon of the carving up of China"  [@TheresaAFallon](/creator/x/TheresaAFallon) on [X](/post/tweet/1949910703688515835) 2025-07-28 19:11:54 UTC 54.2K followers, 1563 engagements "EU HRVP Josep Borrell liked to joke that the Putin shock woke up Europe but they wouldn't get out of bed. Creative accounting aside the Trump shock saw increased defense spending in many NATO members. Spain's last minute opt out before the Summit--not a promising sign"  [@TheresaAFallon](/creator/x/TheresaAFallon) on [X](/post/tweet/1949918006877827337) 2025-07-28 19:40:55 UTC 54.2K followers, 1502 engagements "On a recent trip to the UK I came across the Not for EU labels on food. ICYMI here is a write up in @POLITICOEurope"  [@TheresaAFallon](/creator/x/TheresaAFallon) on [X](/post/tweet/1949012666099663047) 2025-07-26 07:43:25 UTC 54.2K followers, 1256 engagements "👀👀CK Hutchison to invite major Chinese investor for $23bn Panama ports deal. Meanwhile in Taiwancivilian vessels that participated in drills w/s military will be banned from Taiwanese ports.Majority of these vessels belong toCosco Shipping"  [@TheresaAFallon](/creator/x/TheresaAFallon) on [X](/post/tweet/1949786079759921431) 2025-07-28 10:56:41 UTC 54.2K followers, 1901 engagements "Negotiations are always a search for leverage and China has it in spades. They are the biggest processor of rare earths in the world. Why didn't we learn from the 2010 embargo after the Japanese boat incident with China"  [@TheresaAFallon](/creator/x/TheresaAFallon) on [X](/post/tweet/1949865557072728282) 2025-07-28 16:12:30 UTC 54.2K followers, 4154 engagements "1/ What tools does Beijing have to escape deflation Its possible that Xi focuses on setting caps and pressuring producers to reduce output. He may be conscious of overcorrecting since he has made modern manufacturing the central pillar of Chinas growth model. But Beijing will do well to realise that its excessive support is the problem. The state can build factories but it cant manufacture efficiency"  [@TheresaAFallon](/creator/x/TheresaAFallon) on [X](/post/tweet/1949438257177256252) 2025-07-27 11:54:33 UTC 54.2K followers, 2019 engagements "In a modern twist on a French political cartoon from 1898 called The Scramble for China EU Commission President Ursula von der Leyen watches in horror as Europe is divided into spheres of influence"  [@TheresaAFallon](/creator/x/TheresaAFallon) on [X](/post/tweet/1949939288277164494) 2025-07-28 21:05:29 UTC 54.2K followers, 1495 engagements "2/ Not for EU In a food world where labeling leaves a lot to be desired and has been subject to much politics for the government to introduce a not for EU is frankly stupid Tim Lang a professor emeritus of food policy at City University of London said. It sends messy signals and raises the understandable question not good enough Why not for EU If not EU who Someone else Lower or higher standards Peoples confusion is entirely understandable. #Brexit"  [@TheresaAFallon](/creator/x/TheresaAFallon) on [X](/post/tweet/1949013542486655153) 2025-07-26 07:46:54 UTC 54.2K followers, 2787 engagements "8/ Trump said US levies on steel and aluminium which he has set at XX per cent on many countries across the world would not be cut to the XX per cent for EU products dashing the hopes of industry in the bloc for an early and low tariff quota"  [@TheresaAFallon](/creator/x/TheresaAFallon) on [X](/post/tweet/1949548570803155010) 2025-07-27 19:12:54 UTC 54.2K followers, 1770 engagements "5/ Chinese export bans on rare earths is of deep concern for European manufacturers. Meanwhile Chinese trade data shows goods exports to the EU rose X% to $267bn in the first half of the year while imports from the bloc shrank X% to $125bn"  [@TheresaAFallon](/creator/x/TheresaAFallon) on [X](/post/tweet/1948315116333641881) 2025-07-24 09:31:36 UTC 54.2K followers, 1394 engagements "@PhillipsPOBrien EU HRVP Josep Borrell liked to joke that the Putin shock woke up Europe but they wouldn't get out of bed. Creative accounting aside the Trump shock saw increased defense spending by many NATO members. Spain's last minute opt out before the Summit--not a promising sign"  [@TheresaAFallon](/creator/x/TheresaAFallon) on [X](/post/tweet/1949918964957794393) 2025-07-28 19:44:43 UTC 54.2K followers, XXX engagements "👀Quite the handshake between Prez Trump and Prez von der Leyen. @vonderleyen even mirrored Trump-speak and said the trade deal between the US and EU was huge"  [@TheresaAFallon](/creator/x/TheresaAFallon) on [X](/post/tweet/1949748097573367900) 2025-07-28 08:25:45 UTC 54.2K followers, 2908 engagements "@AmbHideoSuzuki @_JakubJanda Have fond memories of my visit to Himeji Castle when I was a teacher living in Kyoto. How wonderful that Prague and Himeji Castles are sisters in deterrence & represent the strategic importance of the Indo-Pacific"  [@TheresaAFallon](/creator/x/TheresaAFallon) on [X](/post/tweet/1948899871349768368) 2025-07-26 00:15:12 UTC 54.2K followers, 1187 engagements "Will the #USEUTradeDeal impact Trump's calculus on China trade deal negotiations "Von der Leyen confirmed the EU would seek to buy $250bn of US energy products each year for the next X yrs. With this deal we are securing access to our largest export market she said while acknowledging that the XX% US tariff would be a challenge for some European industries. German Chancellor Friedrich Merz saluted the agreement as avoiding an unnecessary escalation in transatlantic trade relations. He said a trade war would have hit Germanys export-oriented economy hard highlighting how the German automotive"  [@TheresaAFallon](/creator/x/TheresaAFallon) on [X](/post/tweet/1949750829314973965) 2025-07-28 08:36:36 UTC 54.2K followers, XXX engagements "9/ The energy purchase part of the US EU trade deal only covers the next 3yrs (then Trump will most likely be out of office). Was the EU team steam-rolled or strong-armed as Monday morning media in parts of Europe are complaining Was this a short term solution designed to buy Europe some time The comments section in the FT is worth a visit. "Von der Leyen confirmed the EU would seek to buy $250bn of US energy products each year for the next three years. With this deal we are securing access to our largest export market she said while acknowledging that the XX per cent US tariff would be a"  [@TheresaAFallon](/creator/x/TheresaAFallon) on [X](/post/tweet/1949757094464287183) 2025-07-28 09:01:30 UTC 54.2K followers, 1177 engagements "6/ Trump said the EU would spend an additional $750bn on US energy products invest $600bn in the US and buy a vast amount of American military equipment worth hundreds of billions of dollars as part of the deal. He also said the US would put tariffs of XX per cent on EU goods including automobiles in exchange for the bloc opening up their countries at zero tariff. Trump had threatened to impose XX per cent tariffs on the EU if no deal had been struck by August 1"  [@TheresaAFallon](/creator/x/TheresaAFallon) on [X](/post/tweet/1949547841250013201) 2025-07-27 19:10:00 UTC 54.2K followers, XXX engagements
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"1/ US EU trade deal announced by Prez Trump at his golf course in Scotland. The EU is one of the largest trading partners of US. Acc to WSJ this and marks Trumps biggest deal so far in his attempt to remake the global trading system through higher tariffs for U.S. trading partners"
@TheresaAFallon on X 2025-07-27 18:02:04 UTC 54.2K followers, 8098 engagements
"EU went from "We Will Run the 21st Century" to a post post modern panic" @TheresaAFallon on X 2025-07-28 19:28:34 UTC 54.2K followers, 1419 engagements
"🧵Ursula von der Leyen tells Xi EU-China ties are at inflection point #EUChinasummit is in Beijing bcuz Xi wouldnt travel to Brussels. Difficult to deliver a tough message while appearing to kowtow to China" @TheresaAFallon on X 2025-07-24 08:23:55 UTC 54.2K followers, 7143 engagements
"7/ Von der Leyen had agreed that the EUs trade surplus in goods with the US which hit almost 200bn last year needed to be cut. We have to rebalance it she said. US trading partners have expressed concern that even when they strike agreements with Trump to lower his tariffs they face uncertainty over future American levies on sectors including pharmaceuticals chips and aerospace" @TheresaAFallon on X 2025-07-27 19:11:47 UTC 54.2K followers, XXX engagements
"4/ FT: US and EU have struck a trade deal that would impose American tariffs of XX% on most imports from the bloc Donald Trump said on Sunday. The EU has agreed to spend hundreds of billions of dollars on additional American energy products and weapons as part of the deal the US president said. The agreement which is set to avoid a transatlantic trade war was struck during a meeting between Trump and European Commission president Ursula von der Leyen at his Turnberry golf resort in Scotland" @TheresaAFallon on X 2025-07-27 19:06:10 UTC 54.2K followers, XXX engagements
"This cartoon is making the rounds on X w/o attribution. It most likely was made by a European as it is so Eurocentric (the great powers sit around thinking about Europe🤔)Does anyone know who created this I understand it is a modern take of a cartoon of the carving up of China" @TheresaAFallon on X 2025-07-28 19:11:54 UTC 54.2K followers, 1563 engagements
"EU HRVP Josep Borrell liked to joke that the Putin shock woke up Europe but they wouldn't get out of bed. Creative accounting aside the Trump shock saw increased defense spending in many NATO members. Spain's last minute opt out before the Summit--not a promising sign" @TheresaAFallon on X 2025-07-28 19:40:55 UTC 54.2K followers, 1502 engagements
"On a recent trip to the UK I came across the Not for EU labels on food. ICYMI here is a write up in @POLITICOEurope" @TheresaAFallon on X 2025-07-26 07:43:25 UTC 54.2K followers, 1256 engagements
"👀👀CK Hutchison to invite major Chinese investor for $23bn Panama ports deal. Meanwhile in Taiwancivilian vessels that participated in drills w/s military will be banned from Taiwanese ports.Majority of these vessels belong toCosco Shipping" @TheresaAFallon on X 2025-07-28 10:56:41 UTC 54.2K followers, 1901 engagements
"Negotiations are always a search for leverage and China has it in spades. They are the biggest processor of rare earths in the world. Why didn't we learn from the 2010 embargo after the Japanese boat incident with China" @TheresaAFallon on X 2025-07-28 16:12:30 UTC 54.2K followers, 4154 engagements
"1/ What tools does Beijing have to escape deflation Its possible that Xi focuses on setting caps and pressuring producers to reduce output. He may be conscious of overcorrecting since he has made modern manufacturing the central pillar of Chinas growth model. But Beijing will do well to realise that its excessive support is the problem. The state can build factories but it cant manufacture efficiency" @TheresaAFallon on X 2025-07-27 11:54:33 UTC 54.2K followers, 2019 engagements
"In a modern twist on a French political cartoon from 1898 called The Scramble for China EU Commission President Ursula von der Leyen watches in horror as Europe is divided into spheres of influence" @TheresaAFallon on X 2025-07-28 21:05:29 UTC 54.2K followers, 1495 engagements
"2/ Not for EU In a food world where labeling leaves a lot to be desired and has been subject to much politics for the government to introduce a not for EU is frankly stupid Tim Lang a professor emeritus of food policy at City University of London said. It sends messy signals and raises the understandable question not good enough Why not for EU If not EU who Someone else Lower or higher standards Peoples confusion is entirely understandable. #Brexit" @TheresaAFallon on X 2025-07-26 07:46:54 UTC 54.2K followers, 2787 engagements
"8/ Trump said US levies on steel and aluminium which he has set at XX per cent on many countries across the world would not be cut to the XX per cent for EU products dashing the hopes of industry in the bloc for an early and low tariff quota" @TheresaAFallon on X 2025-07-27 19:12:54 UTC 54.2K followers, 1770 engagements
"5/ Chinese export bans on rare earths is of deep concern for European manufacturers. Meanwhile Chinese trade data shows goods exports to the EU rose X% to $267bn in the first half of the year while imports from the bloc shrank X% to $125bn" @TheresaAFallon on X 2025-07-24 09:31:36 UTC 54.2K followers, 1394 engagements
"@PhillipsPOBrien EU HRVP Josep Borrell liked to joke that the Putin shock woke up Europe but they wouldn't get out of bed. Creative accounting aside the Trump shock saw increased defense spending by many NATO members. Spain's last minute opt out before the Summit--not a promising sign" @TheresaAFallon on X 2025-07-28 19:44:43 UTC 54.2K followers, XXX engagements
"👀Quite the handshake between Prez Trump and Prez von der Leyen. @vonderleyen even mirrored Trump-speak and said the trade deal between the US and EU was huge" @TheresaAFallon on X 2025-07-28 08:25:45 UTC 54.2K followers, 2908 engagements
"@AmbHideoSuzuki @_JakubJanda Have fond memories of my visit to Himeji Castle when I was a teacher living in Kyoto. How wonderful that Prague and Himeji Castles are sisters in deterrence & represent the strategic importance of the Indo-Pacific" @TheresaAFallon on X 2025-07-26 00:15:12 UTC 54.2K followers, 1187 engagements
"Will the #USEUTradeDeal impact Trump's calculus on China trade deal negotiations "Von der Leyen confirmed the EU would seek to buy $250bn of US energy products each year for the next X yrs. With this deal we are securing access to our largest export market she said while acknowledging that the XX% US tariff would be a challenge for some European industries. German Chancellor Friedrich Merz saluted the agreement as avoiding an unnecessary escalation in transatlantic trade relations. He said a trade war would have hit Germanys export-oriented economy hard highlighting how the German automotive" @TheresaAFallon on X 2025-07-28 08:36:36 UTC 54.2K followers, XXX engagements
"9/ The energy purchase part of the US EU trade deal only covers the next 3yrs (then Trump will most likely be out of office). Was the EU team steam-rolled or strong-armed as Monday morning media in parts of Europe are complaining Was this a short term solution designed to buy Europe some time The comments section in the FT is worth a visit. "Von der Leyen confirmed the EU would seek to buy $250bn of US energy products each year for the next three years. With this deal we are securing access to our largest export market she said while acknowledging that the XX per cent US tariff would be a" @TheresaAFallon on X 2025-07-28 09:01:30 UTC 54.2K followers, 1177 engagements
"6/ Trump said the EU would spend an additional $750bn on US energy products invest $600bn in the US and buy a vast amount of American military equipment worth hundreds of billions of dollars as part of the deal. He also said the US would put tariffs of XX per cent on EU goods including automobiles in exchange for the bloc opening up their countries at zero tariff. Trump had threatened to impose XX per cent tariffs on the EU if no deal had been struck by August 1" @TheresaAFallon on X 2025-07-27 19:10:00 UTC 54.2K followers, XXX engagements