and eu relationship right now that i don't know anybody, whether at the usta or any other agencies, who believes that a breakthrough with the european union is likely in the next two years or beyond. the crux of it is agriculture trade. that's been a problem for 100 years, and it is not going to be resolved by imposing tit-for-tat tariffs. i think maybe trade tensions would be a better word because i don't think we are going to escalate so far that it becomes a war, but maybe my mind is warped because of the china trade war which would definitely pacify is a full-blown attack. vonnie: and we haven't even mentioned brazil, argentina. our thanks to injury trays -- to vedaetta treyz of partners for joining us. coming up, michael fallon joins us with the latest on that nato summit. this is bloomberg. ♪ vonnie: live from new york, i'm vonnie quinn. guy: from london, and guy johnson. this is "bloomberg markets." let's check those markets. abigail doolittle, over to you. abigail: focusing on the u.s. first, take a look at the major averages, down sharply, more than 1%. we had been in this long