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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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[–] [email protected] 44 points 6 days ago

Just say no EU. The more he hears the word the more it will drive home how wrong he is. Of course his type is incapable of admitting that they are wrong.

[–] [email protected] 50 points 6 days ago (5 children)

oh my good lord he's and actual toddler

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[–] [email protected] 39 points 6 days ago

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

lol, lmfao even

product standards exist for a reason.

[–] [email protected] 37 points 6 days ago

how about no, fuckface

[–] [email protected] 37 points 6 days ago (2 children)

Wait, wait, wait.

Trump, under the direction of parties unknown, is trying to force the EU to buy U.S. energy resources, and that’s the linchpin of his trade war with them?

Is he trying to give Europe a nudge back to Russian oil supplies?

[–] [email protected] 20 points 6 days ago (4 children)

If you’re a (western) European leader returning to Russian energy is at best shortsighted amnesia, at worst blatant malfeasance. There’s several reasons to not go back to Russia:

  • Official legal based sanctions on Russian energy
  • Ukrainian drone based ‘sanctions’ on Russian energy
  • Russia’s track record of energy blackmail/hybrid warfare
  • LNG and oil production available in your EEZ/the EU, albeit at higher cost than imported
  • Domestic solar, hydro, and wind manufacturing/generation is ramping up
  • French nuclear energy exports
  • Domestic politics ie. voters turning against Russian imperial aggression/expansionism

Eastern Europe has a slightly different incentive mix, but there’s still a lot of reasons to not

[–] [email protected] 14 points 6 days ago (1 children)

Those are very well considered points, but Trump is an idiot.

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[–] [email protected] 15 points 6 days ago

Or y'know, give Canada somewhere else to sell theirs.

[–] BlackSheep 17 points 6 days ago

FUCK YOU TRUMP

[–] CircaV 25 points 6 days ago

Amerikkka can fuck off.

[–] [email protected] 20 points 6 days ago (1 children)

Ah, so now they are begging for money. Hard no, pass, skip, forget it, we're good thanks.

[–] [email protected] 11 points 6 days ago

" I fully share your loathing of European free-loading. It's PATHETIC.”

[–] [email protected] 19 points 6 days ago

Fuck Trump. Buy nothing from us. Tell yur leaders fuck not and burn down the country if they do.

[–] [email protected] 8 points 5 days ago

This fucking moron. So he shuts down green energy initiatives here, tries to push oil, then tries to force other countries to buy dirty energy. Fucks sake man it's something new every day.

[–] [email protected] 11 points 6 days ago* (last edited 6 days ago)

EU should squeeze the Tariff wokism out of Snowflake Trump.

[–] [email protected] 16 points 6 days ago (4 children)

Ok, let's negotiate. How about this: I'll buy one Big Mac, and in return US will buy 3000 Volkswagens, 1500 Mercedes(es?!?) and at least 3 French or Italian cars...

That way the US ends up with good cars, and I am willing to risk my own health in order to improve the relations.

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[–] [email protected] 14 points 6 days ago

Pass. I hear China has a lot of spare renewable stuff on discount now that you're no longer going to be trading with them, we'll enjoy those instead.

[–] [email protected] 8 points 6 days ago

As soon as he spends that much on ukraine

[–] BlackSheep 8 points 6 days ago

Whatever, Trump.

[–] SirMaple__ 10 points 6 days ago
[–] [email protected] 9 points 6 days ago

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

[–] [email protected] 7 points 6 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

[–] [email protected] 20 points 6 days ago

In 2023, the United States imported about 8.51 million barrels per day (b/d) of petroleum from 86 countries. In 2023, the United States exported about 10.15 million b/d of petroleum to 173 countries and 3 U.S. territories.

The resulting total net petroleum imports (imports minus exports) were about -1.64 million b/d, which means that the United States was a net petroleum exporter of 1.64 million b/d in 2023.

https://www.eia.gov/tools/faqs/faq.php?id=727&t=6

The US hasn't been a net importer of oil for a long time. The reason there is still oil imports in the US is due to different oil types and refinery configurations, not because total oil production doesn't meet demand.

[–] [email protected] 7 points 6 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.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 6 days ago

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

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[–] [email protected] 5 points 6 days ago* (last edited 6 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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[–] [email protected] 5 points 6 days ago

Whatever the Tangerine Tyrant says...

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