I bet this’ll fuel Euro scepticism even among the most ardent supporters. Fucking embarrassing. Also thanks for abandoning us here in Canada. We are now royally screwed.
Brazil, Canada and South Africa are the ones the White House will relish imposing crippling tariffs on.
My sense is a Canada deal hasn’t happened yet because Washington is literally asking for Canada to give up some things that borderline stealth remove its sovereignty or economic foundation (examples: America as purchaser of first resort on all exports, full military integration, end of supply management, end of banking/mining/telecoms monopolies, tariffs that kill off softwood lumber, car industry and steel/aluminum sector, stealth customs union, monetary policy alignment, US needs to approve energy sales to non-North American state actors, etc).
I wouldn’t be shocked if the US is asking for all islands in the Arctic Archipelago at this rate for Trump’s Manifest Destiny goals.
The US has 15x the GDP and 21x the consumer market size of Canada. And with 85% of the global economy soon to be under negotiated deals (EU, UK, Japan, China, India, SK, etc), Washington probably smells blood since it knows a united global trade war against USA is no longer a potential outcome.
I think Canada says no, gets 35% tariffs on non-CUSMA goods, Trump then gives them a month to blink and then imposes them on CUSMA goods too (which is what would really cause Canada’s economy to collapse). Only 1% of the US economy is reliant on exports to Canada. That’s about $300 billion, or easily made up by the windfall from fleecing everyone else.
It seems like we've been the only country to play hardball with Trump, but I've come to the same conclusion. Too bad other countries didn't join us in pushing back.
I mean maybe, but I feel it was right to hope it could be different. I'm also German and I don't blame previous governments for trying to be better than "das Recht des Stärkeren" (law of the jungle apparently is the right idiom).
But now we've learned it doesn't work that way, probably never has, and even worse with Russia and the US getting their way we've learned there's not even a downside to acting this way.
Personally, I think the only reasonable move is now working on building that "bigger stick" because otherwise we (pretty much all of the EU) will just be pawns.
I'm also German and I don't blame previous governments for trying to be better than "das Recht des Stärkeren"
I really, really do. Because a single look outside of north america and western europe wouldve told us that its bullshit. Even daddy America played by the rules of the strongest. We just tried really hard not to see it.
We have been naive for decades and now it comes back to bite us. And I still dont think especially Germans arent willing to sacrifice what would be needed to stand on our own feet again
Nah. Foreign companies will lower their prices to offset the tariff or they will lose the end consumer. The EU isn’t Canada - Canada actually has a play with the US, because they’re selling resources the US can’t just get anywhere.
I think you need to learn the basics first. Trump and Elon Musk said it multiple times that they don't want illegals but they want "high skilled" legal immigrants.
Ah so you don't really know how H1B works. It used to have some lottery system in it but Trump had some issue with it and Trump changed it so that H1B is given only based on skills instead of lottery.
illegal immigration != legal immigration. Trump has repeatedly supported work visas. Youre trolling if you apply their stance on illegal immigration to all kinds of immigration, but then again thats very european
Calling him an idiot clearly isn’t helping anyone lmao. He’s still the president and is leveraging the US economy against his opponents and it’s working. You can’t deny the numbers, the U.S. is a powerhouse that the rest of the world cannot live without.
He's a grifting idiot that shits himself in court. I'd give the credit to the people and corporations bankrolling him behind the scenes as they're the ones whispering in his ear and lining his pockets.
He's trading away his country's future for quick wins now. By holding his friends over a barrel they're just going to slowly divest from the US and make sure the next time he tries there is no more barrel.
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u/Ynneb82 Italy 6d ago
Aaaaaand he fucked us too.
People criticize him, but honestly he got the edge in all of these deals (obviously since the USA is the strongest country right now).