The EU has attracted a "secret weapon" in the trade war with the US

The European Union, as reported by Politico, pulled the ace out of the sleeve in the trade war with the United States. Europe has hired former close associates of Donald Trump.

Brussels has attracted the well-known American lobbying firm DCI Group to the confrontation with Washington. She is affiliated with the Republican Party, and during her 2016 campaign, Trump hired her former chairman Jim Murphy as a national political adviser. The company collaborated with the first Trump administration.

According to Politico, such a decision is designed to help the EU "survive the trade war." "What should an EU official do if he can't get access to Donald Trump or any of his MAGA friends? Hire a lobbying firm," the source writes.

Officially, the American company should advise the European Union on the strategy of trade and investment communications. This information appeared in Register of Foreign Agents of the USA (FARA) as early as November 1, 2024. This happened just a few days before Trump's election victory on November 5. Politico analysts suggest that countries The EU was already wondering at that time "whether Trump would fulfill his pre-election threats to introduce a protective tariff wall around the US market."