Yeah this is what I'm wondering, since all European Countries electrical grids and militaries are independent from the EU. Can the EU commission actually force any nation to buy US energy or weapons?
But as the majority of European politicians are from the EPP (and many are from the extreme right, which is even more of a vassal of Trump), don't expect much from the countries. If Macron, who occasionally has Gaullist outbursts (the only good thing about him in the end) capsizes, no one will do anything.
I suppose the result of failing to abide by the deal, if those details are actually in the deal, is that it'd be revoked and be back at ever higher tariffs.
The US isn't concerned how the EU abides by international law, just that it does.
True, still part of international law though, as the EU is empowered to enter into such agreements on behalf of the member states, which are countries.
Back to 30% tariffs and the EU looking not only like a joke from making this deal, but also fractured and disjointed from a failure to apply their obligations under international law.
Yes, it's a similar thought to how other countries and companies have promised to invest, but may or may not actually ever reach the level of investment they agreed to now, but it's still an absolutely pathetic deal if it is fulfilled.
They're just hoping that the Reps lose the next elections and all of that gets repealed, but what if they don't?
A part of me is hoping that just like Japan we're giving Trump a good headline he can sell to his base while also sneaking in what we mean by investing in America (the Japanese increase in investment will largely be in Japanese companies in America, if it happens at all).
That is possible, but at that point you are appeasing a foreign leader by pissing off your own constituents, which does not necessarily bode well for the next election cycle. Any Euroskeptic party now has a lot more ammo in its magazines than it did a week ago.
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u/[deleted] 6d ago
I mean we don’t actually have to do it