• jol@discuss.tchncs.de
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    1 day ago

    For trade purposes, the EU acts as a single country. You can’t make trade agreements with a single EU country.

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      4 hours ago

      Every country is free to make it’s own agreements internationally. But it doesn’t make a lot of sense. Bargaining as the EU instead of an individual country gives you so much more bargaining power.

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      10 hours ago

      Still not one country. It’s Just wrong (the description…)

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        From all the things to be point out about this idiot, this one must be the most pedantic.

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          Ye true. But i dont care what the clown is saying. Cause nobody cares about clown jokes. I just thought the people behind are a bit smarter, who created this graphic…

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      You say that, but this is a timeline where California is negotiating its own trade agreements to get around the bullshit in OP’s picture. Anything could happen.

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        California can do that?

        Edit from le chat mistral:

        So he doesn’t give them anything, he’s just asking to keep trading with them

        “Yes, that’s correct. Governor Newsom’s strategy primarily involves advocating for California’s economic interests and encouraging international trading partners to maintain or even expand their trade relationships with California, despite the federal tariffs. He is essentially asking these partners to consider exempting California-made products from retaliatory tariffs, emphasizing the state’s economic stability and reliability as a trading partner. This approach does not involve offering specific concessions or incentives but rather leverages California’s significant market power and economic influence to negotiate more favorable trade conditions.”

        California isn’t doing anything, just asking politely to be exempt from our tariffs on USA.

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        That’s a move to force the judiciary to say tariffs are solely their perview outside of declared conventional war.