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These tariffs must be becoming self defeating. If they get imposed on a whim what is the point of avoiding them, only to be told you need to jump higher next ti
by beardyw 9mo ago
These tariffs must be becoming self defeating. If they get imposed on a whim what is the point of avoiding them, only to be told you need to jump higher next time. Surely the answer must be to trade with anyone else and write off the USA.
- lysace 9mo agoIt's inevitable that an "almost-anyone-but-the-US" free-ish trading coalition of countries will appear. The EU will air drop their tried, tested and scaled up trade negotiation teams worldwide during the upcoming weeks. US spelling bee kids will be great at spelling P-A-R-I-A-H though.
- MrMan 9mo ago[dead]
- mynti 9mo agoYou cannot negotiate with a bully. The EU should have never backed down so easily before. I hope someone will soon find some balls and not let the US walk all over everyone
- blibble 9mo agoif they back down on this one then orange-adolf will go after canada
- istanbulbebesi 9mo agoEU politicians like Merz and von der Leyen are pushovers.
- deleted 9mo ago[deleted]
- bigbadfeline 9mo ago> You cannot negotiate with a bully. You can and you should, in order to make your case known, it's simple politics. Huffing and puffing while drowning in moral indignation isn't much different from the other side's approach. And don't jump the gun just because of some silly post somewhere on silly soc media. I have never seen an official EU statement about US-EU-NATO relations that actually makes sense. What I see is kicking the ball back and forth moving in the same general direction.
- catlover76 9mo ago[dead]
- Balgair 9mo agoEarly on the Japanese learned this. Gave him a golden samurai helmet. Very rare, very important. I heard that it was like a New Yorker gifting a Ruth home run bat. Trade deal got signed, everyone was happy. Then 'liberation' day happened. The Japanese got smacked with absurd tariffs. Big trade deal might as well have been chewing gum. They didn't get the samurai helmet back. They're still sore about it. That peace prize he got on Friday? Couldn't even remember her name that afternoon. There is not a single thing he says that any nation can trust. If the first rule of politics is that once you're bought, you have to stay bought, then Donny is playing Calvinball.