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Trump's first trade deals

 President Donald Trump.[AFP]

The European Union became on Sunday the latest exporter to conclude a trade deal with the United States in a bid to limit damage from US tariffs taking effect on August 1.

The levies, agreed by Britain, the EU, Indonesia, Japan, the Philippine and Vietnam are generally higher than the new base rate of 10 percent that the United States has applied to most countries since April.

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