The US–EU trade deal explained in 4 minutes

5 minutes

Although the EU and U.S. have reached a trade agreement, it is not the major breakthrough that Europe had hoped for. Should we have played a stronger hand? And how much damage will it do to the Belgian economy? 

“Not the success we had hoped for, but it could have been worse.”

In this new 4-minute video, our Chief Economist Koen De Leus explains what this much-talked-about deal is really about.

* This video was recorded on 19.08.2025.