US media: US trade protectionism angers Europe. A European diplomat even bluntly said, "The honeymoon period between the United States and Europe is over" European leaders are worried that the "Inflation Reduction Act" will put their own clean energy industry at a disadvantage and attract investment funds to withdraw from the EU.
Each issue could trigger diplomatic wrangling, tariffs or other trade restrictions and weaken U.S.-European economic solidarity. The next US president must deal with a large number of thorny economic disputes carefully to ensure that Europe and the US will not "break up"