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            <title><![CDATA[Expert says tariffs have given Trump cold feet]]></title>
            <description><![CDATA[Donald Trump's new tariff threat should not change anything in the trade relationship with the EU. Per Altenberg, chief economist at the Swedish Board of Trade, says: "We assume that the agreement the US has made with the EU is valid." The agreed 15 percent tariff can also be lower when it suits the US.]]></description>
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            <pubDate>Mon, 23 Feb 2026 10:29:38 GMT</pubDate>
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            <title><![CDATA[Swedish exports to US have plummeted, risk of trade war increases]]></title>
            <description><![CDATA[The risk of a full-scale trade war between the EU and the U.S. has increased with Donald Trump's threat of tariffs on Greenland, according to Per Altenberg, chief economist at the Swedish Board of Trade. The warning comes after Swedish exports to the U.S. have already plummeted by 16 percent due to tariffs and uncertainty.]]></description>
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            <pubDate>Tue, 20 Jan 2026 10:30:42 GMT</pubDate>
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            <title><![CDATA[Economists on the tariff threat: Keep a cool head]]></title>
            <description><![CDATA[Donald Trump's latest tariff threat against Sweden and several other countries, over their support for Denmark in the Greenland issue, will lead to a joint response from the EU, two economists believe.]]></description>
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            <pubDate>Sat, 17 Jan 2026 17:19:44 GMT</pubDate>
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            <title><![CDATA[LRF warns Mercosur agreement opens up to lower food standards]]></title>
            <description><![CDATA[The Confederation of Swedish Enterprise welcomes the EU's approval of the Mercosur free trade agreement. The agreement could threaten Swedish agriculture, the Swedish Farmers' Federation (LRF) warns.]]></description>
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            <pubDate>Fri, 09 Jan 2026 18:05:27 GMT</pubDate>
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            <title><![CDATA[U.S. Maintains High Tariffs, Impacting Swedish Exports]]></title>
            <description><![CDATA[The customs conflict between the EU and the USA is not over. It is only parts of it that have been put on hold. It will affect Swedish exports to the USA, says Per Altenberg at the National Board of Trade.]]></description>
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            <pubDate>Thu, 10 Apr 2025 17:24:55 GMT</pubDate>
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            <title><![CDATA[EU Tariffs on US Goods: Are They Really Unfair?]]></title>
            <description><![CDATA[President Donald Trump accuses the world's trading partners of years of unfair treatment of the USA. But the EU's tariffs against the USA do not stand out. They are similar, says Per Altenberg, trade strategist at the National Board of Trade.]]></description>
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            <pubDate>Sun, 06 Apr 2025 08:38:31 GMT</pubDate>
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            <title><![CDATA[EU Prepares Trade Countermeasures as US Tariffs Loom]]></title>
            <description><![CDATA[The EU has prepared the so-called trade bazooka, which after the USA announced its tariffs now risks being fired. We are in a trade war, says Per Altenberg, trade policy analyst at the National Board of Trade.]]></description>
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            <pubDate>Thu, 03 Apr 2025 17:17:45 GMT</pubDate>
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            <title><![CDATA[Stalemate in the trade war between the USA and the EU]]></title>
            <description><![CDATA[The EU has higher tariffs on American passenger cars. The USA, in turn, has higher import tariffs on trucks from Europe. But overall, it's a draw in the tariff battle between the EU and the USA, according to statistics from Sweden's trade authority, the National Board of Trade.]]></description>
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            <pubDate>Sat, 15 Feb 2025 13:12:26 GMT</pubDate>
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            <title><![CDATA[This is why Donald Trump loves tariffs]]></title>
            <description><![CDATA[Donald Trump wants to promote the American economy with the help of tariffs. It is easier said than done. In normal cases, the tariff hits the country that introduced it, says Maria Persson, lecturer at the Department of Economics at Lund University.]]></description>
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            <pubDate>Sat, 08 Feb 2025 09:59:56 GMT</pubDate>
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