So true. Australia has a Free Trade Agreement with the US signed in 2011 (I think?). And, America enjoys a trade deficit with us. We buy more of your shit than you buy from us. Still, Trump hit us with a 10% tariff for some goddamn reason. We’ve paid about a billion dollars on a down payment for Virginia Class Submarines that we will never, ever see.
It will be about a century before the world will trust the US again.
That’s my impression also. It looks like the USA is just looking to dump their shitty old military equipment and Ursula just said yes and then felt the need to justify it with weak stand on it…
So disappointed in Van der Leyen - this is weak! Steel tax remains at 50%! And EU is going to buy more military equipment from US, madness!
The only positive is that signed agreements doesn’t really seem to mean anything anymore…
Is there anything right Van der Leyen did as the commissioner? 🙄
Don’t ask what she did before moving to EU.
Yeah, not a fan, but she’s a good representative of the EPP and all it stands for.
Yes, absolutely - and that’s why I’m disappointed here. I expected her to do better, not just kneel to “emperor” Trump.
So true. Australia has a Free Trade Agreement with the US signed in 2011 (I think?). And, America enjoys a trade deficit with us. We buy more of your shit than you buy from us. Still, Trump hit us with a 10% tariff for some goddamn reason. We’ve paid about a billion dollars on a down payment for Virginia Class Submarines that we will never, ever see.
It will be about a century before the world will trust the US again.
That’s my impression also. It looks like the USA is just looking to dump their shitty old military equipment and Ursula just said yes and then felt the need to justify it with weak stand on it…