In response to the imposition of new, unjustified US tariffs on EU steel and aluminium imports, the Commission has launched swift and proportionate countermeasures on US imports into the EU.

  • @[email protected]
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    18 hours ago

    I would like to see the cheeto king’s face when he realized his negitatiating tactics won’t work on leaders who actually now how shit works.

    • @[email protected]
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      1317 hours ago

      Unfortunately, what I suspect will happen is some thing along the lines of:

      • US imposes tariffs on EU
      • EU responds with tariffs on kind
      • trump says the EU are being unfair and increases tariffs
      • EU increase tariffs in response
      • Days later, trump claims some sort of negotiated agreement and cancels tariff increase
      • EU cancels their tariff increase
      • trump claims is is a jeenious! as he got the EU to drop those horrible, evil, tariffs.

      We might get the condensed version without the increase steps, but the general shape of his process seems to be becoming clear.

      • @DarkWinterNights
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        18 hours ago

        You’ve probably nailed it, unfortunately. Which will beget more of this behaviour the next time he wants international theater and conflict of interest moneys to distract from national theater and conflict of interest moneys.

      • @P1nkman
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        716 hours ago

        The EU should keep the tariffs, even if the US cancels them. How the fuck can we trust him up to not do it again? The orange turd changes policy multiple times a day, can’t trust him at all!