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In response to the imposition of new, unjustified US tariffs on EU steel and aluminium imports, the Commission has launched swift and proportionate countermeasures on US imports into the EU.

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[–] Kualdir@feddit.nl 64 points 14 hours ago (3 children)

Exhausting, this is literally just bad for everyone

[–] null_dot@lemmy.dbzer0.com 59 points 14 hours ago (4 children)

Just a reminder that the coming recession will be blamed on immigrants, canadians, woke boycotts, Ukraine, renewable energy, LGBTIQ+, and so on.

If you're hoping it will make MAGA idiots reject Trump, it won't. It just provides more fuel to drive fascist agendas.

"Now is not a good time for an election because the business community needs stability during this transitional period of recovery."

[–] Kualdir@feddit.nl 44 points 13 hours ago (1 children)

I'm european (as you probably noticed with my lemmy instance), for me the most important message of what is happening now is that we need to be less dependend on the US. The fact that this can happen and damage us so much means we need to be more self sufficient.

As a kid/teen I wanted to move to the US, now as an adult I noticed how good we have it here.

[–] null_dot@lemmy.dbzer0.com 9 points 12 hours ago

Indeed!

I'm Australian. We have deep psychological, cultural, and political ties to the US.

I vividly remember my grade 3 teacher explaining that we would be speaking Japanese if the US hadn't saved us in WWII.

That may (or may not) be true, but there's a pervasive feeling that we need the US lest we be annexed by China.

Just a few short months ago I found China's politics of censorship and authoritarianism fairly repugnant, but honestly now they're my preferred global super power. I for one welcome our new communist overlords.

Anyhow, I wholeheartedly agree that Europe becoming more self sufficient is the right way forward. Hopefully Australia can build stronger ties with Europe also.

Sadly we're due for an election in the coming months and I suspect our conservative party is going to win and fall in to line behind Trump.

[–] NoneOfUrBusiness@fedia.io 4 points 11 hours ago

If you're hoping it will make MAGA idiots reject Trump, it won't.

It might, however, light a fire under the sane two thirds of America's asses and make them actually do something.

[–] Mihies@programming.dev 5 points 14 hours ago (1 children)

Biden enters the chat about the blame.

[–] BeigeAgenda@lemmy.ca 5 points 12 hours ago (1 children)

Biden! Why did you add tariffs and then remove them again and then add them and then threaten with even higher tariffs. Biden please just stop!

~(FYI this was an attempt on a joke)~

[–] FreeRangeMustard@lemm.ee 2 points 12 hours ago

That’s not the actual Biden, you dummy. /s

[–] sirico@feddit.uk 1 points 13 hours ago

You forgot Biden who single-handedly allowed this to happen in such an effective way it'll last the whole Trump term

[–] unexposedhazard@discuss.tchncs.de 19 points 14 hours ago (1 children)

If its just tariffs on consumer goods yeah, but they could get creative and pull the plug on some legal frameworks that allow US companies to siphon money from EU citizens. You could for example partially suspend patent protection for US patents. Legalize cracking US DRM on software and media. Lots of options...

[–] Kualdir@feddit.nl 1 points 13 hours ago (2 children)

I don't think pulling down the legal framework of one of our "allies" is a good way to ever repair the relation. We don't need to try and stoop lower than them, we just need to react fairly while building up our own economy so we are less depended on them. I think that's the way.

Nah this is the perfect chance to get rid of these horribly damaging laws that have kept us from achieving genuinely good technological progress. They were forced on us by the US under the threat of tariffs. It would be reasonable and poetic for these laws to be buried under exactly these conditions.

[–] TheBat@lemmy.world 0 points 8 hours ago

react fairly

How's that going for the Democratic party? USA has deranged lunatics at the helm. Fuck them up by any means.

Fuck I won't even be mad if a European billionaire hired an assassin to take care of Musk.

Enough of this dystopia, let's have some Ludlum/Forsyth thriller, as a treat.

[–] Valmond@lemmy.world 21 points 14 hours ago

Nah, China wins on this one

Seriously though, yeah everyone is losing here.