Fuck that shit. Boycott US goods and sevices!
The heading is a bit confusing. The committee voted in favour of the agreement: zero tariffs for imports of US products into the EU and 15% tariffs for importing EU goods into the US. In addition to opening the EU market to US agricultural products.
That is an objectively bad ““agreement””. It makes us more dependent. Why shouldn’t we do the reverse?
Europe has a weak negotiation position because it’s not willing to hurt itself.
I dunno, this is very willing to hurt itself.
I think the idea of “hurt” deserves some embellishment. Politicians and financiers in Europe are not willing to internalize the potential hardship of making a clean break from the U.S. NATO is still the current paradigm even though the United States shits on it all the time. As long as Russia remains a bogey man, the U.S. will be able to game European politics.
I mean, the choice is basically between 15% tarrifs in the US and 0% in the EU, or more in both. Both hurt the EU, but the latter hurts the EU more - it just also hurts the US more.
I’d prefer the latter. Europe must grow more sovereign, and the US becoming more dependent on us would help.
That’s increadibly stupid. 15% import tarrifs from EU to the US, sure, but right back at 'em. 15% into EU. Anything else is capitulation.
They didn’t agree to zero tariffs on US imports, many US goods have been tariffed for decades. It scraps tariffs for specific US goods. It also doesn’t agree to a blanket 15% tariff rate but rather caps US tariffs to 15%
Bullshit, we shouldn’t let ourselves be policed by Amerislops.
Europe must be sovereign. A European coordination of military is necessary.
Hear hear, but a militarized Europe means Germany at the helm, and Germany must be a sovereign state for that to happen…
It’s about the ratification of the ( ammended!) EU- US deal from last year. Nothing really new here, apart from the “Greenland clause” ofc.
