• @rustyfish@lemmy.world
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    381 month ago

    They suggest that the overall US strategy is to decouple from China, and that any country who wishes to have a trade deal with the US will also have to distance itself from Beijing.

    Not a fan of China. The CCP and their army of brown nosers can go fuck themselves. But the same goes for that orange fuck and his cult.

    And if you excuse me, I have to decorate my European eggs for Easter.

  • @unexposedhazard@discuss.tchncs.de
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    271 month ago

    Does the US really believe its a more valuable trading partner than China at this point? All the important resources for maintaining basic infrastructure come from there. Sure the US has fancy tech stuff and software but the lights will stay on without those. Without China tho, the lights certainly do not stay on.

  • Avid Amoeba
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    1 month ago

    The briefings suggest that the US is willing to consider a trade deal with the EU on these terms – but it would also want the EU to limit or discontinue non-tariff barriers to trade, potentially including stringent EU product standards, including some food standards.

    At present neither US beef nor chicken can gain entry to the EU market because of strict EU rules – something which has repeatedly been complained of by the Trump administration.

    Let’s see, on one hand there’s chlorine chicken … on the other cheap solar, wind and maybe EVs (perhaps made in the EU) … 🤔

    • ms.lane
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      71 month ago

      Additionally from an Australian perspective-

      US: 6% of our exports

      China: 38% of our exports

  • Annoyed_🦀
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    171 month ago

    -put on tariff

    -everyone trying to negotiate with others for a better deal

    -trying to cut tariff so everyone doesn’t look for a better deal elsewhere

    -art of the deal

    And i thought he got everyone begging him not to do it.

    • @Yermaw@lemm.ee
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      11 month ago

      Core part of any relationship is trust. I think with tycoons reaching demigod status they forgot about that.

  • Lord Wiggle
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    151 month ago

    Nah thanks, we don’t like China and Xi, but anything is better then the US these days so fuck off.

    • @Buffalox@lemmy.world
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      1 month ago

      Oh boy this one will confuse him to no end. 😋
      It will make his 2 brain cells collide for hours.

  • @selkiesidhe@lemm.ee
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    121 month ago

    Oh is Diaper Don having another one his deranged temper tantrums? How dare the world not kowtow to his genius! Don’t they understand how SMRT he is!

    🤮

  • FLeX
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    31 month ago

    Nope, we will never trust USA again. Also, you have nothing of value to trade, only tech that we should replace anyway because you use it to spy us.

    Fuck you, and by that I mean fuck trump but also all the citizens regardless of their political side.

  • ssillyssadass
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    31 month ago

    We should demand that the US give the EU first dibs on all their minerals.