The EU has offered the US a “zero-for-zero” tariff scheme, European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen said, seeking to avoid a tit-for-tat trade war.
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Good move, but in the future: reduce trade with the US to the lowest possible level, especially regarding strategic services, materials, and the like. Completely replace all software services with European, Canadian, Australian, Japanese, South Korean services,
if the EU cannot produce them on its own in a short time. Create EuroCard. Create EuroStripe. Transfer the entire state administration to Linux. There you go.
I recently changed the owner of the company, and now it's a Japanese. The first thing they did was migrate the entire IT system to Linux and LibreOffice, citing excessive costs for things that can be done on Linux/LibreOffice.
Is this really an EU project, or just the project of one person?
I don't see any official involvement.
"convince the European Commission to host the project at https://code.europa.eu and take over some ownership (more is better)"
Don't forget, the EU just had to negotiate, quite recently, with a hopeless narcissist that got to power peddling poundshop populism and spaffing nonsense.
"Europe says it is ‘ready to negotiate’ with US as stock markets tumble. The EU says it has offered to drop tariffs to zero on industrial goods. Trump says ‘countries from all over the world’ are trying to negotiate the tariffs." IDIOTS! They are doing what he wants. BOWING & KISSING THE RING!
Trump is not in trouble. He's the king of the world and he is loving it. It's the attention he craved. He doesn't give a damn about the country. He is going to play this game over and over. And dare anyone to stop him
Yes he is, the US is probably in recession now, global recession soon to follow, he is **** and he has caused this problem, the EU has cars up its sleeves, and this is one of them!
He is the king of ****, the worst president in American history now
When he took power he had the most healthiest economy on the planet, And now that economy is in recession within months not even a year, yes he **** is truly in trouble
The US is the EU’s top export destination outside the bloc, but it’s not the main game. Just 8% of EU countries’ total exports go to the US—while over 60% stay within the EU. For all the talk of global trade, Europe’s strength lies in its own internal market.
The EU will probably allow American chicken with a Big stamp/notice saying antibiotic raised chicken . EU will probably allow American corn with a big notice saying 'Genetically Modified' . Good luck convincing europeans to buy that.
President von der Leyen has learned little from her interactions with US Felon-in-chief.
A break even position on tariffs signals weakness to one who must take everything or be transactional loser.
Let Trump stew in Stock Market losses as pressure builds, then bloody his nose & force Brussels mtg.
O contrário, teve uma acção, ofereceu 0 tarifas recíprocas sobre produtos industriais. Não era de manufactura que se falava ? Agora Trump vai ter de mostrar a sua carta/reação, os mercados estão em queda livre o as reformas a desaparecer e a opinião americana atenta......
Concordo que a oferta deu trabalho e foi um ato de diplomacia racional. Supõe-se que um presidente dos EUA igualmente racional e diplomático o tenha recebido. Presidente. van der Leyen assume que se comporta como um adulto. A história prova o contrário.
First, agree on tariffs on services. Date of activation should be the date Trump retaliates on EU tariffs.
Level should be the same as US puts up.
Should stop as soon as Trump lifts all tariffs on EU goods.
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https://arstechnica.com/information-technology/2024/04/german-state-gov-ditching-windows-for-linux-30k-workers-migrating/
So, will there be a 10% tariff on Linux?
(joking)
Oh wait, the Linux Foundation HQ is in San Francisco.
I don't see any official involvement.
"convince the European Commission to host the project at https://code.europa.eu and take over some ownership (more is better)"
He is the king of ****, the worst president in American history now
But instead of conveying "calm".
It conveys "weak".
And if I know anything of this delulu oval office resident is that he responds to weakness with further bullying.
A break even position on tariffs signals weakness to one who must take everything or be transactional loser.
Let Trump stew in Stock Market losses as pressure builds, then bloody his nose & force Brussels mtg.
Please excuse my portugese. Had to use Google Translate.
Level should be the same as US puts up.
Should stop as soon as Trump lifts all tariffs on EU goods.
Well done Europe.