The following article by Rebekah Entralgo was posted on the ThinkProgress website July 17, 2018:
“America First” policies leave the U.S. alone on the international stage.
The rest of the world is moving on without the United States.
The European Union and Japan signed a benchmark trade deal Tuesday that effectively eliminates nearly all tariffs on the products they trade. European Council President Donald Tusk described the deal as the “largest bilateral trade deal ever.”
“The EU and Japan showed an undeterred determination to lead the world as flag-bearers for free trade,” Japanese Prime Ministor Shinzo Abe said at a joint news conference with European dignitaries.
View the complete article on the ThinkProgress website here.