• huppakee@feddit.nl
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    2 days ago

    In the Monday evening meeting, which diplomats described as somber, Brussels noted that it hadn’t received any guarantees from the U.S. administration that there wouldn’t be further U-turns on tariffs.

    Must be so hard if you have a business with major stakes in EU-US imports/exports.

    • gian @lemmy.grys.it
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      17 hours ago

      Nah, just tell him that in exchange of 10% tariff all the big tech companies will pay the taxes for the profits they do in EU.

    • NatakuNox@lemmy.world
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      Because they are not OFFERS! There’s a reason trade deals are thousands of pages long and take months if not years to negotiate. A letter demanding a renegotiate of already agreed to and legally binding trade deals isn’t a offer. It’s illegal at worse and profoundly dumb at best. The letters simply demands other countries sign on the dotted line without knowing what money and products are to be exchanged. It’s USING, “trust us BRO, we’ll work out the details once you sign” tactic, but on actual fucking countries. (this after he literally tore up an actual trade deal with those countries. WHY WOULD THEY SIGN ANYTHING WHEN WE JUST BROKE THE LAST DEAL!?)