The EU said yesterday it was ready to deploy its strongest trade weapon against the US after President Donald Trump threatened to impose sweeping tariffs and scorned the EU as having been created to “screw” America.
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Trump keeps referencing the fact that domestically-produced goods aren’t being purchased by the EU or the rest of the world like we make anything worth selling to begin with. American made means high price but low quality these days.
It has been known since the 1970s that America, China, Russia, etc.. did not like a united Europe. They can no longer play the countries against each other. I hope that may remain so.
Trump thinks everyone is out to screw him. He is a self-serving, weak, sad little man and he will crumble if the world can really see him for what he is.
Europeans don't want to drive American gas guzzlers and we certainly don't want to eat their shitty food. So go ahead trump, put your tariffs on. Watch your economy suffer when the EU retaliates and consumer sentiment turns against goods mades in USA, as it has for your other former ally Canada.
They finally woke up; I thought the time for tough talk should have started with his mafia style extortion tactics, or maybe the betrayal and persecutions of the neediest people’s and governments of the world; or maybe it was the oxymoronic old man toddler tantrums, from his first administration :)
If the EU winds up importing/exporting more from China (because it’ll be cheaper), the EU and China freeze the US out of global trade via their isolationism, this will further marginalise the US on the world stage. Trump will rage but nobody will listen, his victim complex won’t lower egg prices…
I'm proud of the EU! As an American it makes me thankful that someone else has taken the torch of democracy while we are going through this mess. That's what guarding democracy is all about! EU is doing the hard word. Thank you!
It's strange, the mental block that says while you might have great loyalty to your homeland, you can't understand why anyone would have the same for theirs. And so self-obsessed to think they'd only strive to create a better world for themselves to screw over someone else's.
Please let it be tariffs on Tesla and measures against those Trump bootlicking Big-Tech platforms like X, Amazon and Facebook. Would really be a win-win.
America can keep its shitty cars and chlorinated chicken. I used to love America but the orange turd is making me anti-american fast. Can't say I like the feeling but not fighting it either.
The clown pretends to be a businessman, but seems to be entirely oblivious to the concept of trade. USA has a trade deficiency, that is because it doesn’t create products that are attractive on other markets, while it imports attractive products from abroad. Improve your game instead of whining!
I think he gains something normal people like you and I don’t know/understands. That’s the only explanation I can think of that is justifying his irrational and sometimes reality defying moves.
No. We saw the press conference today. Sorry, it’s not about gains or rationale. The man is a self centered idiot. That’s all. We’ve seen his type before.
EU should invest heavily in Africa, build factories there and make it next China. I think Trump is the best thing that happened to EU in recent decades. Maybe now they start thinking for themselves.
The EU should retaliate by imposing tariffs on services. Especially on Facebook, Google and streaming platforms. Then we will see who has the trade surplus.
Can the EU surtax all the USA companies that have their cash surplus in Ireland? Thinking the tech bros could pony up quite a bit of $$ to support the Ukrainians…
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I might even start using British English.