US to demand EU pulls away from China in return for cutting tariffs (www.irishtimes.com)

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The United States will seek to force the European Union to choose between the US and China on trade, according to briefings circulated to senior ministers and officials after Tánaiste Simon Harris’s meeting in Washington last week with US commerce secretary Howard Lutnick.

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[-] huppakee@lemm.ee 1 points 9 months ago

Totally, then shouldn't be rude about it but it looks like to me they want to keep some safe distance from both the coming years. Maybe pull a Switzerland if it actually comes to ww3, but let's hope not.

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