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The EU made a bad deal from a propaganda point of view, and as a European I wish it had not. But the truth is: there is no concrete deal beyond the tariff. The
by riffraff 1y ago
The EU made a bad deal from a propaganda point of view, and as a European I wish it had not.
But the truth is: there is no concrete deal beyond the tariff. There are supposed investments and expenses the EU will do which have not been specified and would need to be approved by national governments.
This will be a nothingburger, cause all Trump cares about is the announcement, not any actual effect.
You may know this cause even in his first term he made a deal to export beef to the EU, which sounded big, but was effectively un-impactful once the details were hammered out.
- petre 1y agoSure, we import more beef from Mercosur countries than US beef from soy fed cattle. The EU customer is rather educated about what they eat. This is just how the $600 bn worth of investments will pan out, leading Trump to state time again that the EU has screwed the US. Fortunately he'll be too old by then to be taken seriously.
- flohofwoe 1y ago> Fortunately he'll be too old by then to be taken seriously. Tbf, Trump is already too old and is already not being taken seriously by anybody, so...