EU-US mutual trade now exceeds USD 2 trillion.
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- The claim asserts that EU-US mutual trade exceeds USD 2 trillion. The European Commission's own data shows total bilateral trade in goods and services reached €1.8 trillion in 2025, which converts to approximately $1.9 trillion — roughly $100 billion short of the $2 trillion claimed threshold.
Even under generous exchange-rate assumptions (e.g., €1.89 trillion at 1.08 USD/EUR = $2.04 trillion), the figure would only marginally cross $2 trillion under extreme rounding; the central and most authoritative estimate places the value clearly below $2 trillion.
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- The MEP stated the figure in USD, but the European Commission reports EU-US trade in euros. At 2025 average exchange rates (approximately 1.04–1.05 USD/EUR), €1.8 trillion converts to roughly $1.87–$1.89 trillion, which does not exceed $2 trillion.
- The claim does not specify whether it refers only to goods or to goods and services combined. The Commission's combined goods-and-services figure for 2025 is €1.8 trillion; goods alone amounted to approximately €910 billion. Neither figure reaches $2 trillion when converted.
- The European Commission source was published after the 2025 calendar year closed, but the data it contains describes 2025 — a period the MEP could have referenced on 2026-06-15 — so the source is temporally valid.
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- PrimaryEuropean Commission — Trade PolicyIn 2025, EU-US trade in goods and services reached €1.8 trillion, meaning that every day around €4.9 billion in goods and services cross the Atlantic.
- PrimaryCouncil of the European Union (Consilium)In 2025, EU-US trade in goods was worth over €910 billion. This has nearly doubled in the last 10 years. €356.2 billion worth of EU imports from the US; €554.0 billion worth of EU exports to the US.
- PrimaryEuropean Commission — Trade Policy (country page)Total bilateral trade in goods between the EU and the US reached €910.6 billion in 2025. The EU exported €554.9 billion of goods to the US market, while importing €355.7 billion.