Seems to me that it’s time for other nations to make the best of the prisoner’s dilemma and drop tariffs with each other while sanctioning the US. After all, the US at this point has broken almost all its treaties and trade agreements. There’s no reason for the rest of the world to honour what no longer exists.
These countries need to walk away from the table until someone stable can take over negotiations. Why would anyone sign a trade deal with someone, knowing they are never going to honor the conditions they just agreed to? By next week, Trump will have completely forgotten that he signed anything...so why bother?
Why would anyone sign a trade deal
because of money, there's no other explanation needed. No other country consumes as much as the US, and you need them to keep buying your exports.
If that isn't enough for you, the Europe relies Heavily on the US for its defense. Every country has a military base, only France (can't remember who else) has nukes, so if you want to not be invaded, you kinda have to bend a knee.
What is crazy is that it has been like this for decades, while Europe let itself be dominated by the special interests, and now it cannot unify against the hand that used to feed and protect it.
And Russia has been arming like crazy, hoping to gobble anything it can.
The UK has nukes. Tho it's not entirely sovereign as their ballistic submarines use American Trident II missiles. Which are on lease and maintained in the US. Still independent launch, just not long term.
https://ukdefencejournal.org.uk/heres-how-britains-nukes-are-operationally-independent/
Also they want to purchase F-35A to drop nuclear bombs but that would be Americans B61 and not even on lease. just straight up only work if the US wants to. Also the F-35A can't be refueled by existing UK tanker aircraft because American jet use boom refueling while everyone else use drogue refueling.
UK is probably the biggest supporter of the US in Europe (along with Poland) and is not a part of the EU, hence not affected by the tariffs mentioned by the OP
Thank you for sources.
I wonder why I'm getting downvotes, though.
I voted you down just now because I despise Internet strangers who complain about Internet points
Could not give a fuck about points, but if I'm not correct, please explain why.
It’s because he’s an imbecile pedophile with dementia. Let me break it down for you he wants a bribe or a child to rape.
dementia donvict.
Stop negotiating and play hardball. Thank you, where's my 6 digit salary?
its trrying to distract the media from THE EPSTEIN files.
It's impossible to negotiate with these guys, because they have no clear demands. They just want what "looks" like as much as they can get away with...
Trump consistently plays the game "heads I win, tails you lose"
So, no shit Sherlock...
Policies? What policies? What negotiation? It's haphazard short attention span theater that American taxpayers ultimately pay for.
If the current trade agreements with Canada, Mexico and Japan are so terrible then whoever it was that signed them is probably unfit to try negotiating new ones. Oh wait, that was also Donald Trump.
As a Canadian I think we shouldn't even be entertaining the thought of trade with the regime (yes I know how difficult that would be and realistically it's not immediately possible. That doesn't mean we shouldn't be working toward it) Unfortunately we have a conservative banker in liberal colors as PM and that's never going to happen.
There are trade negotiations actively running between US an EU, and Trump simply ignored it when he rolled the dice for new Harrods.
They should just cut off trade entirely.
...when was the last time you negotiated with a shitgibbbon...
I'm about to write something that I, with no international politics nor trade education but plenty of opinions shaped by social media, thinks world leaders should take note of.
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