The review of the Europe-America trade agreement has been frozen. What does this mean for the global financial markets?

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【Crypto World】The Chair of the European Parliament International Trade Committee, Lange, recently announced a major decision: the review work on the trade agreement between the EU and the US will be suspended indefinitely. This is not a temporary delay, but a substantial freeze.

Lange’s reasoning is straightforward—currently, the EU faces threats to sovereignty and territorial integrity. In such a context, it is not very realistic to continue advancing trade negotiations as usual. The European Parliament’s negotiation team has already made a unified decision to suspend the review of the EU-US trade agreement by the International Trade Committee.

This change reflects the tense global geopolitical situation. The freeze of the trade agreement could impact transatlantic economic relations and subsequently influence risk appetite in global financial markets. For investors concerned with macroeconomic trends, such policy changes often propagate to commodities, exchange rates, and cryptocurrencies.

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ChainProspectorvip
· 2h ago
European and American trade negotiations have cooled off... Now the crypto market has to get moving, risk aversion is at its peak. --- Once again, geopolitical issues are causing trouble. When will it finally settle down... The crypto world still has to continue lying low. --- Indefinite suspension? To put it nicely, it's basically giving up. For BTC, this is actually a positive. --- The collapse of transatlantic economic relations, energy and grain are about to take off. I think BTC will rise along with them. --- Why is it that every time politics go wrong, my crypto assets end up taking the blame... --- It's hilarious. When they negotiate, the coin price drops; when they stop negotiating, the price still drops. It's quite absurd. --- Sovereignty threats > trade agreements. Now the whole world is re-queuing and choosing sides. --- So, is this saying risk assets should run? Or that fiat currencies will depreciate? I'm a bit confused. --- Europe's move seems to be betting that the Federal Reserve will compromise first... BTC is just waiting to see what happens. --- Escalation of trade war = capital seeking an exit, ETH and BTC are the outlets.
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TradFiRefugeevip
· 01-22 13:45
Wow, the Europe and America trade agreement is directly frozen? Things are really about to get chaotic. Whether BTC can take off will depend on how this geopolitical situation unfolds.
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ruggedNotShruggedvip
· 01-21 16:08
Is the Europe and America trade freeze? The crypto circle is tightening up, risk assets are about to cool down Speaking of the tense geopolitical situation, who can still feel secure about doing business... Isn't this just another sign that the US dollar is about to strengthen again? Altcoins are probably going to be bloodied again But in times like these, it's actually a good opportunity to accumulate. What do you all think? Wait, could this be a positive for BTC? Safe-haven assets are about to take off In fact, Europe is currently too preoccupied with its own issues to talk about trade I bet five dollars that next month's market will be even more chaotic I'm a bit worried this could trigger a chain reaction; the financial markets are really fragile
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GasOptimizervip
· 01-21 16:06
Geopolitical turmoil eliminates arbitrage opportunities. Capital flows will definitely be re-priced, depending on how on-chain data responds... Actually, Bitcoin hasn't moved yet, indicating that the market hasn't fully digested this wave of information asymmetry.
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OnchainDetectivevip
· 01-21 16:04
Wait, the term "sovereign threat" is too clever... According to on-chain data, the timing of the escalation of trade frictions between Europe and the US perfectly coincides with the timing of large transfers by certain institutions, which is clearly no coincidence. Through multi-address tracking, it can be seen that this kind of geopolitical "sudden freeze" often indicates that large funds are positioning in advance, a typical market manipulation signal.
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GasFeeCrybabyvip
· 01-21 15:57
The Europe and US trade agreement freeze, in simple terms, is just geopolitical interference. Now the crypto market is going to tremble again... --- With risk appetite dropping, BTC and ETH are likely to come under pressure. These macro factors are really annoying. --- Indefinite suspension? Sounds just as distant as my returns haha. --- Sovereign threats are already out, and we're still talking about trade... It feels like the global economy hasn't calmed down this year. --- This freeze might have a bigger impact on exchange rates than on the crypto circle. How will the US dollar move? --- Both geopolitical and economic relations are involved. Anyway, I'm just waiting to see how the commodities market will stir up. --- Once Lange made this decision, it feels like the market risk premium is about to soar... Time to reduce positions.
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