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By Staff The European Union has finalized an agreement to eliminate tariffs on live and frozen U.S. lobsters, retroactive to Aug. 1. The deal should substantially boost sales of Maine lobster to European markets. The agreement is expected to last for five years, with the EU taking steps to make it permanent, according to a news release. “This is a step in the right direction for U.S. lobster businesses,” said Annie Tselikis, executive director of the Maine Lobster Dealers Association.   In years past, the European Union had been a top destination for American lobster, ac...

Every time there's positive news in the trade war, the dow is in the green, the s&p 500 jumps up, it rises, it soars. but every time there's bad news, then it drops back down. this week, of course, there's progress, a breakthrough, a mini deal. of course, when it comes to the dow and s&p 500, those were all in the green, all positive. >> how does it help farmers and the manufacturing industry? >> this is very concerning to president trump. a lot of the farmers are in swing states. when it comes to his 2020 re-election bid, he wants to make sure those voters are on his side. that's what we're g...

Welfare. he spoke earlier in his presidency. the first speech he gave joint session of congress education, energy and healthcare. he is in part on his way. going to revolutionize the country. he he doesn't care. when we heard that what he said this afternoon, he he was mocking the idea of cutting spending and then he said i'm going to stand up for seniors and all the others will be heard. this is an annall of this is dot care if we go over the cliff or not. he thinks he wins either way. he is not going to bend on spending in the future. >> bret: down the road, does this mini deal come together...

The day is the big deal is dead, completely dead, and we are down to either a small down, a mini deal, or going after the cliff straight. what is your reaction to this? >> i don't -- you know, i'm not sure that's true. just talking to my colleagues in the senate, i think the middle ground is pretty well known by everybody, and i think you could still get something that would be viewed by the ratings agencies as well as the american public as a pretty good solution. so i think it's possible. i don't know that that will happen. it's unfortunate that we're waiting until this late in the hour to t...

I think republicans will end up looking as if they are holding things up but -- when the economy is going to get upended next week if things don't happen the way they should, even if there is no mini deal, no anything, that's bad for the country and bad for the president it just is. i think that's where they are coming up to. >> that's the hard place that -- >> i think that's right. that's -- i think that -- i think it is very hard for him to look at that and not feel like he needs to move ahead and do something. i think also the idea that this president is creating a civil war and that that's...