Internationalism No. 81, November 2025 Page 11 Ursula von der Leyen justified the concessions made to Donald Trump in the Turnberry agreement at the end of July with two main arguments: it was a necessary move to avoid worse tariffs, and the EU has other cards to play. While the United States is the primary destination for European trade , wrote the president of the Brussels Commission in Le Figaro , it accounts for only about 20% of our exports of goods. That is why Europe will continue to strengthen and diversify its trade links with countries around the world . America and Asia This attempt is underway. On September 3 rd , the von der Leyen Commission proposed to the European Council, the intergovernmental body of the 27 States, to ratify both the trade agreement with the Latin American bloc, Mercosur, and a modernisation of the existing agreement with Mexico. In the EU, the Commission has centralised trade policy in a federal power that negotiates ...