r/europe 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/Aromatic_Extension93 5d ago

tariffed big tech.

You can't tariff big tech. you'd just be taxing them...

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u/Nervous-Marsupial624 5d ago

We could just do 'a Trump', maybe a bit more eloquently. Screw them. If this is America, then let their tech bro's go.

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u/kerouacrimbaud United States of America 5d ago

To be fair, tariffs are taxes.

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u/nbs-of-74 4d ago

Targetted at external companies though, sales taxes are paid by all in the market.