How could the U.S. election result impact Europe?

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As U.S. election day nears, Donald Trump and Kamala Harris are campaigning in swing states. But people in Europe are also watching closely to see what impact the elections can have on day to day life. CGTN Europe’s Ray Addison reports.  #elections #uselection #trump #harris   Read more  https://tinyurl.com/42m4smfx

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00:00With just hours remaining until election day in the United States, Republican presidential

00:06candidate Donald Trump is locked in a tight race with Democratic Vice President Kamala

00:11Harris.

00:12On Tuesday, just go out and vote and we're going to close this thing out and it's going

00:18to be party time.

00:19It's going to be party time.

00:20In one of the most consequential elections of our lifetime and we have momentum, it is

00:28on our side, can you feel it?

00:33Whoever wins, the result is likely to impact far beyond U.S. shores, perhaps nowhere as

00:38significantly as Europe.

00:40In Ukraine, where its defense against Russia is heavily dependent on U.S. aid, Harris has

00:46said she would continue Biden's policies, whilst Trump has promised to end the conflict

00:51before even taking office and has a history of being tough on NATO.

00:56In the streets of Kyiv, citizens see uncertainty in both candidates.

01:01If Harris wins, it will be a continuation of the sham assistance to Ukraine, which means

01:06that they will talk and do nothing.

01:09If Trump wins, he will most likely push for an end to the war and give away a share of

01:13Ukrainian territory.

01:15In either case, Ukraine loses.

01:18Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky says the outcome will impact Russia's readiness

01:23for negotiation, likely before the next president even assumes office, whilst Hungarian Prime

01:29Minister Viktor Orban, a long-time supporter of Trump, says Europe will need to rethink

01:34its support if he returns to the White House.

01:38And the wind is turning in America as well.

01:41Democrats are leaving and Republicans are coming back and Donald Trump will be the president

01:45again.

01:46And this means that by the end of the year, pro-peace politicians will be in the majority

01:50in the West.

01:52Trade with Europe is another key area in question.

01:55The continent relies heavily on the US and Trump appears to want to make that more expensive.

02:00German Finance Minister Christian Lindner says he is following the race closely and

02:05sees the risk of tariffs in the next US administration.

02:09A trade controversy between the US and the European Union would not see any winner but

02:18only losers.

02:19And so whoever will enter the White House, we are in the forefront of a new era of transatlantic

02:31diplomacy.

02:32Do we believe in opportunity?

02:35Whatever the outcome, experts say the US election could bring a wider shift in the geopolitical

02:41environment, putting in focus Europe's trailing competitiveness in areas including tech and

02:46innovation and exposing its reliance on the US for defense.

02:51Ray Addison, CGTN.

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