• @[email protected]
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    This is a blast from the past when Bush went for steel tariffs

    In retaliation, the European Union threatened to counter with tariffs of its own on products ranging from Florida oranges to cars produced in Michigan, with each tariff calculated to likewise hurt the President in a key marginal state. The United States backed down and withdrew the tariffs on December 4.

    https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2002_United_States_steel_tariff

    • @Buffalox
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      Difference is that Trump doesn’t give a shit about support for the next election. He only cares to please Putin.

  • venotic
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    I’m okay with republican states being harmed. They reap what they sow.

  • @dekomote
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    The American Chamber of Commerce to the E.U. said the U.S. tariffs and E.U. countermeasures “will only harm jobs, prosperity and security on both sides of the Atlantic.”

    You don’t say…

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      My dude, what you forget to see is that this harms the EU a little, it harms the US a little. The same goes for Canada, goes for China, goes for Mexico, but it will add up for the US.

      In the meantime, the allies you try so hard to alienate are teaming up and using this opportunity to form tighter bonds, leaving you behind.

      (I mean the US politician, not OP)

      • @[email protected]
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        35 hours ago

        Also, if Canada isn’t selling as much to the US, Canada can sell to the EU. It’s not as convenient but the EU, Canada and Mexico will happily trade with each other.

      • @[email protected]
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        512 hours ago

        On the other side, we all know that he doesn’t give a rat’s ass about what happens to the country as long as his bank account gets swol.

  • HubertManne
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    gotta love the eu. Effective and gives me an idea of what I don’t want to buy living in a blue state.

      • HubertManne
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        I have only seen american and not red state specific. granted the only thing out of the eu article is bourbon and I don’t drink much and when I do its more likely vodka anyway.

        • @[email protected]
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          89 hours ago

          I assure you, the actual Canadian list is painfully detailed. One item specifically listed is fitted cases for church bells.

          Florida oranges and Ohio appliances are two prominent ones I hear mentioned fairly often.

          • HubertManne
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            ohio in particular im disapointed in. like I understand alabama and kentucky with their education but ohio is a massive disapointment.

  • d00phy
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    010 hours ago

    I’m actually not OK with this, TBH. First, it very much better than bending the knee, but if they’re going to impose tariffs, they need to be on the country. Plenty of democrats in those red states and plenty of republicans in blue states either will or won’t “get what they voted for.” In the end, we all should pay for this travesty.

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        160 minutes ago

        Thought I spelled it out pretty clearly: tariffs on the entirety of the US instead of just “red states.”

    • @PunkiBas
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      107 hours ago

      Oh you will, don’t worry about that.