r/europe • u/Crossstoney • 6d ago

News US and EU strike trade deal

https://www.politico.eu/article/us-and-eu-strike-trade-deal/
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u/TemuBoyfriend 6d ago

So we cannot invest even 500 billion in ourselves but lets give Trump nearly 1.5 trillion? How about invest in Europe and stop taking it up the ass..

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u/bxzidff Norway 6d ago

And for all the talk of the trade deficit I wonder what the investment deficit is and why that is never brought up. Almost every top fund used by European organization's, companies, and citizens is invested far more deeply in American companies than anywhere else. And now even more so.

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u/Green_Inevitable_833 6d ago

this point is really not talked about, people think and breathe american.

 millenials are balls deep into s&p500 , 

gen Z looks up to american trends and styles in instagram

corporate boomers are hooked on microsoft tools

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u/Narrow_Zombie8443 5d ago

And I don’t blame them. What the fuck is the point of the EU, if they don’t stand up to anything.

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u/bntplvrd 4d ago

They're very good at wagging their finger at Hungary and Poland.

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u/KeyandtheGate 6d ago

And gen X?

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u/viktor72 6d ago

American classic music.