U.S. President Donald Trump said on Friday that he is recommending a straight 50 per cent tariff on goods from the European Union starting on June 1, saying the EU has been hard to deal with on trade.
I’d argue that the liberal world order is having its Sino-Soviet moment. If Trump actually does this, the EU will have little choice but to increase trade with China to keep their economy afloat. The trans-Atlantic rift is widening by the day, and Europe does not have many options left.
The difference is that europe is ruled by a bunch of compradors, publicly they will condemn US but behind closed doors they will fold and their foreign policy won’t stray 1cm away from washington line
The problem there is the growing political unrest across Europe, as the material conditions continue to decline it’s becoming harder for them to keep a lid on things. A huge cost of living increase will have major political consequences.
Yeah but looking at them, they would prefer to lose to an open fascists than to move a single inch from their political line. Those consequences would not hurt them personally, even in worst case they will just cash in their comprador money and move somewhere. It’s modus operandi repeated many times before.
The trans-Atlantic relationship had the unfortunate coincidence of having the word trans in it, so the new US regime had no choice but to consider it woke.
Wonder if this will turn the EU away from the US or the exact opposite. I would think the exact opposite
I’d argue that the liberal world order is having its Sino-Soviet moment. If Trump actually does this, the EU will have little choice but to increase trade with China to keep their economy afloat. The trans-Atlantic rift is widening by the day, and Europe does not have many options left.
The difference is that europe is ruled by a bunch of compradors, publicly they will condemn US but behind closed doors they will fold and their foreign policy won’t stray 1cm away from washington line
The problem there is the growing political unrest across Europe, as the material conditions continue to decline it’s becoming harder for them to keep a lid on things. A huge cost of living increase will have major political consequences.
Yeah but looking at them, they would prefer to lose to an open fascists than to move a single inch from their political line. Those consequences would not hurt them personally, even in worst case they will just cash in their comprador money and move somewhere. It’s modus operandi repeated many times before.
That’s what I expect will happen, open fascism is the most likely path for Europe at this point.
The trans-Atlantic relationship had the unfortunate coincidence of having the word trans in it, so the new US regime had no choice but to consider it woke.
God I hope he does it, but the problem is he flip-flops every fucking week.
Please china, come build high speed rail in Europe, I’m begging
Please China send Chengdu J-36 to Brussels. The people of this continent yearn for freedom
Build highspeed rail to Europe
https://yewtu.be/watch?v=hXw4XEzpoJc&t=25
I found a YouTube link in your comment. Here are links to the same video on alternative frontends that protect your privacy:
laughs in Spanish (as long as your destination/departure is Madrid)