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> Vietnam is one of the first countries to get a trade deal. Mexico and Canada also had trade deals, which went from Trump calling it "the largest, most signif
by throw0101c 1y ago
> Vietnam is one of the first countries to get a trade deal.
Mexico and Canada also had trade deals, which went from Trump calling it "the largest, most significant, modern, and balanced trade agreement in history":
* https://trumpwhitehouse.archives.gov/briefings-statements/president-donald-j-trumps-united-states-mexico-canada-agreement-delivers-historic-win-american-workers/ https://trumpwhitehouse.archives.gov/briefings-statements/pr...
To Trump asking "Who would ever sign a thing like this?":
* https://www.yahoo.com/news/donald-trump-accidentally-insults-himself-142955248.html https://www.yahoo.com/news/donald-trump-accidentally-insults...
- exasperaited 1y agoTo the malignant narcissist, the past, present and future are more or less the same. All grievances in the past are as bad as all the grievances they have in the present or can imagine in the future. No deal with Trump is ever closed because the past isn't really the past. This is now how we must view the USA, which is -- at a foreign and trade policy level at the very least -- indivisible from his mindset.
- nailer 1y agoOh agreed Trump has no consistent narrative. However the deals have generally been good for the US.
- bamboozled 1y agoWhich benefits it's allies how ? Like in the short term maybe good for the US, in the long term, people go elsewhere for trade, arms, etc.
- throw0101c 1y ago> However the deals have generally been good for the US. Given that some (most? all?) of the deals involve US import tariffs, which raise prices/taxes on US consumers, can you illustrate the ways in which they've been generally good? (Especially compared to what the US was doing in December 2024, pre-Trump.)