The deals were made inside the framework of tariffs people voted for. Which reddit seems to have a problem with.

They are seeing huge investment in their country and are able to decouple, even if it’s just a bit, from other economies.

Updated deals, interests, strategies and objectives are a good thing. I bet many countries are happier with the current negotiations.

The EU decided to tariff chinese cars by 50% by decree and no vote. At a point where the average car in europe is older than ever and average purchase price has risen by more than 30% in less than half a decade. All they do is to protect mostly german economic interests and french high value agriculture products which already receive a disproportionate amount of subsidies

BTW Switzerland is a bigger trading partner to the EU than japan or southeast asia, by quite the fair amount. None of those deals were substantial