Trump nails a deal with the EU

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They have agreed in principle, but it's not a done deal yet. Some details still have to be worked out and it needs to be approved by each of the EU member states per one report I read. It could still fall apart/fail to materialize. As with most things Trump, best not to get too excited about headlines - the devil is always in the details. :$.02:
 
pmbug said:
As with most things Trump, best not to get too excited about headlines - the devil is always in the details. :$.02:
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I have come to believe with certainty that Trump is well-versed in Douglas Adams' description of a president.
 
Goldhedge said:
42?
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No, that is the answer to life, the universe, and everything.

I hope this is the correct quote:
The President is very much a figurehead - he wields no real power whatsoever. He is apparently chosen by the government, but the qualities he is required to display are not those of leadership but those of finely judged outrage. For this reason the President is always a controversial choice, always an infuriating but fascinating character. His job is not to wield power but to draw attention away from it.
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I read 15% across the board by both countries which, Trump contends, basically 0 each other out. So is Trump just intentionally deceptive or an actual idiot?
What this really is is a 15% tax on 700 million people.

I have to order my annual supply of coffee this month. 20 lbs a year is what I go through in green beans. Last year it was 120 bucks, this year almost 160. Almost 30% but hey there's no inflation.
 
By the way, she can't sign anything so there is the idea of a deal...
 
Cigarlover said:
I read 15% across the board by both countries which, Trump contends, basically 0 each other out. So is Trump just intentionally deceptive or an actual idiot?
What this really is is a 15% tax on 700 million people.

I have to order my annual supply of coffee this month. 20 lbs a year is what I go through in green beans. Last year it was 120 bucks, this year almost 160. Almost 30% but hey there's no inflation.
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Coffee shouldn't be coming from Europe... Regardless the price of coffee shot up this past year. Nice little pull back to add on though here.

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The tariffs are for revenue. The Eau also has a VAT. Uf 5ariffs are not good why do all others countries charge one to the US?
 
In the end it's the consumer that is paying the tariffs. If corporate America was just eating the tariffs their stocks would all be tanking.
 
nickndfl said:
The tariffs are for revenue. The Eau also has a VAT. Uf 5ariffs are not good why do all others countries charge one to the US?
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They don't charge us, they are charging their people for buying American. The consumer says the tax/tariff.
 
Fatrat said:
They don't charge us, they are charging their people for buying American. The consumer says the tax/tariff.
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Rat they have charged 20%, or more, on about everything they import from America and they call it a VAT. What they export to us has no VAT, so we are basically hold the bag on our exports. They find all kinda cute ways to explain these policys but in the end its protectionism pure and simple. So that Ford auto that retails for $30 K ends up costing $36 K with their cute little VAT they use for protectionism of their own Industrys.

For to long they have locked us out of their markets with these VATs and other regulatory mumbo jumbos. If our food isn't killing us they why would it ever kill them ? And for to long they have screwed our farmers with their cute little regulations.
 
Trump is stealing from ME, that other country isn't my concern...
 
If you thought Porche or Ferrari was expensive before, try adding 15% to the 300-400k price tag.

Rebate checks are a brilliant idea with the nation 37 trillion in debt. We the people can take a double hit from tariff and rebate inflation. :lmao:
 
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