president donald trump today trying to stave off an increasingly heated transatlantic trade dispute trump accuses the e.u. of an unfair trade plus against us and when it comes to goods he is right in twenty seventeen the e.u. sent one hundred and fifty three billion dollars more goods to the u.s. than it imported in return but when it comes to services and you can scaly see this feel like banking insurance and the revenues of multinational corporations such as google and amazon the u.s. stocks up a one hundred sixty seven billion dollars surplus putting the trade balance in favor of the u.s. by an impressive fourteen billion dollars. there is food for thought when younger and trump meet later today and they should also remember that trade conflicts are nothing new but this time the stakes are especially high. when protectionist policies lead to a cycle of tariffs and retaliatory measures negotiations fail and