Daily Bias Alert: US, EU Agree to Trade Deal

President Donald Trump and European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen announced on Sunday that the US and European Union had agreed to a trade deal, prompting biased coverage across the spectrum.

For Context: The deal follows months of negotiations. It will see the EU invest $600 billion in the US economy, increase its purchasing of US military equipment, and buy $750 billion worth of American energy. In return, the US will face a 15% tariff on European goods, which von der Leyen said was “the best we could get.”

From The Left: In an opinion marked as an analysis, Stephen Collinson of CNN Opinion (Left bias) framed the agreement as a “win” for Trump and the US, but ultimately a distraction from “the intensifying questions over his handling of the Jeffrey Epstein controversy.” Collinson argued that the agreement “averted a damaging trade war,” but that the 15% tariff “likely means American consumers will face higher prices in the long term.” Associated Press (Left) wrote that the deal “wards off more escalation but will raise prices and slow growth.”

From The Right: Fox Business (Lean Right) framed its headline through the euro and “investor sentiment” rising as a result of the deal. Jim Geraghty (Lean Right) of National Review (Right) wrote, “For free traders, it’s not great, but it does at least provide some stability, assuming the president doesn’t change his mind some time down the road.” Russian state media RT (Lean Right) highlighted that several French officials were upset with the EU’s end of the deal.

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