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What does the EU-US trade deal mean for Greece?

Earlier this week we dug into the EU-US trade deal, a deal that many Europeans feel is a humiliation and a surrender. As the dust settles around the details of this agreement, Thanos Davelis brings on Yiannis Mouzakis, the co-founder and editor of Macropolis.gr - a political and economic analysis site that focuses on Greece, to take a closer look at what this deal could mean for Greece.

You can read the articles we discuss on our podcast here:

Greece digests EU-US trade deal amid mixed reaction

First foreign universities to be approved

Turkey government 'manufactures' enemies, opposition tells AFP

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