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Trump has rejected the EU's "zero-for-zero" tariff offer on cars and industrial goods, demanding instead that the bloc commit to purchasing $350 billion of American energy to offset the trade deficit.

Following his implementation of 20% tariffs on EU goods last week, which triggered significant market downturns, Trump indicated openness to negotiations while emphasizing his "America First" stance.

He also criticized EU product standards as "non-monetary barriers" designed to block American exports.

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[–] SirMaple__@lemmy.ca 10 points 4 days ago
[–] umbrella@lemmy.ml 9 points 4 days ago

this just sounds like hes now doing overtly what the us has been doing covertly.

[–] thisorthatorwhatever@lemmy.world 7 points 4 days ago (5 children)

Where is the U.S.A going to get the extra gas/petrol? They are an importer of energy themselves. LOL

[–] yournamehere@lemm.ee 7 points 4 days ago

at this point i think the game is just to do something even dumber the next so people forget the other stupid shit like gulf of murica or whatever the idiot came up with the last weeks. he just put a tariffs on eggs...on costly precious eggs....a madman.

[–] ubergeek@lemmy.today 2 points 3 days ago

Last I looked, the US was a net exporter of oil and nat gas.

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[–] kokesh@lemmy.world 10 points 4 days ago

I think we should smoke that orange asshole out by immediately retaliating with the exact same percentage tariffs.

[–] lennee@lemm.ee 9 points 4 days ago

Get bent orange fuckface!

[–] Critical_Thinker@lemm.ee 5 points 4 days ago* (last edited 4 days ago) (1 children)

There is zero chance that tariffs will go away by trump's own actions in the short term. He's committed to using them as the method of paying billionaires off with their tax cuts that have us very underwater right now.

The trade deficit is just some smoke and mirrors that they are using to say "look how unfair they are!" and to decline any rational negotiations for free trade.

he might make short term pauses especially if he will get something from it for his buddies, but he's not looking to use any other revenue strategy. He's there to cut anything going to people who don't vote for him or pay him (don't forget that the billionaires all just kissed the ring with 1M for his inauguration party.) He's just going to keep the trump sales tax strategy as his method of enriching the wealthy. Life is cheap when you make vast in excess of the taxed bare necessities with interest or dividends alone.

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[–] klobuerschtler@lemm.ee 5 points 4 days ago

Whatever the Tangerine Tyrant says...

[–] ByteJunk@lemmy.world 1 points 3 days ago

And if the EU needed any further incentive to keep rushing for renewable energy, here it is.

[–] melsaskca@lemmy.ca 1 points 3 days ago

That's like walking past a McDonald's and having the manager grab you and drag you inside the store and force you to buy some McNuggets. I am scared that Trump is not an idiot and knows exactly what he wants to achieve. It starts with "I'll show them...".

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