The EU. Everyone’s favourite country.
The one good thing about all this
Submitted 2 months ago by kn0wmad1c@programming.dev to [deleted]
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RizzoTheSmall@lemm.ee 2 months ago
silasmariner@programming.dev 2 months ago
Well it’s a single trading block with free internal trade, it would be Impossible have different import tax levels for different countries within the union without them being trivial to circumvent.
match@pawb.social 2 months ago
if he really wanted to do some damage, he could pick a random port city - Durrës, say - and decide that goods sent from there incur no tariff. then, after the logistics change to ship out of there, invert the tariff structure and send that region into unrest
uis@lemm.ee 2 months ago
EUSSR, the country of healthcare and public transport.
derpgon@programming.dev 2 months ago
Jealous much?
GrumpyDuckling@sh.itjust.works 2 months ago
It could help with global warming by decreasing consumption.
thisbenzingring@lemmy.sdf.org 2 months ago
looking for a silver lining… good on you friend. thank you for the perspective shift
AreaKode@lemmy.world 2 months ago
lol. That’s what the new coal mines are for, silly! The children yearn for the mines… www.nytimes.com/…/trump-order-coal-mining.html
HeyThisIsntTheYMCA@lemmy.world 2 months ago
sorry, my family only uses all natural bone coal
garbagebagel@lemmy.world 2 months ago
Other than the crippling economic crisis it’s putting us through, I really like that things in the grocery store are better labelled to show they’re local or Canadian now. I’ve always preferred to buy local because it’s better for the environment, now it’s easier.
slaacaa@lemmy.world 2 months ago
Art of the Green Deal
WorldsDumbestMan@lemmy.today 2 months ago
Good question. How is he going to sell oil, which are his main sponsors?
Prandom_returns@lemm.ee 2 months ago
Yep, because Taiwan is a country, and the real China.
lemmydividebyzero@reddthat.com 2 months ago
China is West Taiwan
Agent641@lemmy.world 2 months ago
Occupied mainland Taiwan
Cowbee@lemmy.ml 2 months ago
That’s kinda like if the Confederacy, upon losing the Civil War, fled and occupied Cuba, and was propped up millitarily by, say, the UK as a millitary foothold to keep the US in check back when the UK still had Imperialist chops, then saying the Confederate-occupied Cuba is the real US.
The fact is, the Communists and Nationalists had a 2 decade long civil war, and the Communists won against the Nationalists, who then fled to Taiwan, where the Nationalists have maintained that they are the legitimate government of China.
As with any revolution, such as the French, American, Vietnamese, Russian, Cuban, etc, I don’t think it makes much sense to declare the French Monarchy, British Empire, French Colonialists, Russian Tsarists, or fascist Batista regime the “rightful” rulers of the countries the people themselves overthrew, and that extends to China.
As for Taiwanese people, the overwhelming majority support maintaining the status quo, with few wanting hard independence or reconcilliation. This may change now that the US is pivoting away from them as well, but both the PRC and ROC seem to be content to maintain the uneasy status quo for the time being. War would be devastating for Taiwan in particular.
Acinonyx@lemmy.sdf.org 2 months ago
inb4 this comment gets downvoted by tankies
LarmyOfLone@lemm.ee 2 months ago
It is sad. Everyone is gloating, cheering on a possible conflict in the future. We’ve seen this kind of escalation and warmongering in 2013 in Ukraine. “Of course that country on the doorstep of our big geopolitical rival should be independent and join our military pact! Hahaha lololol!”
dickalan@lemmy.world 2 months ago
[deleted]OctaviaMeowzly@lemmy.blahaj.zone 2 months ago
average .ml user (aka tankie)
Cowbee@lemmy.ml 2 months ago
That’s kinda like if the Confederacy, upon losing the Civil War, fled and occupied Cuba, and was propped up millitarily by, say, the UK as a millitary foothold to keep the US in check back when the UK still had Imperialist chops, then saying the Confederate-occupied Cuba is the real US.
The fact is, the Communists and Nationalists had a 2 decade long civil war, and the Communists won against the Nationalists, who then fled to Taiwan, where the Nationalists have maintained that they are the legitimate government of China.
As with any revolution, such as the French, American, Vietnamese, Russian, Cuban, etc, I don’t think it makes much sense to declare the French Monarchy, British Empire, French Colonialists, Russian Tsarists, or fascist Batista regime the “rightful” rulers of the countries the people themselves overthrew, and that extends to China.
As for Taiwanese people, the overwhelming majority support maintaining the status quo, with few wanting hard independence or reconcilliation. This may change now that the US is pivoting away from them as well, but both the PRC and ROC seem to be content to maintain the uneasy status quo for the time being.
Prandom_returns@lemm.ee 2 months ago
Holy copy-pasta, batman!
Can I get a delicious cookie recipe as well?
MehBlah@lemmy.world 2 months ago
I said that in a thread the first day felon 47 showed us that .
JcbAzPx@lemmy.world 2 months ago
He had some things like that his first term too. I’m pretty sure he does just to piss China off. He’s not really interested in helping Taiwan.
MehBlah@lemmy.world 2 months ago
Oh I know. I’m pretty sure though he doesn’t understand why it pisses china off.
IDKWhatUsernametoPutHereLolol@lemmy.dbzer0.com 2 months ago
Doesn’t mean anything. If PRC ever invades, he’ll ditch Taiwan just like he’s ditching Ukraine right now.
bane_killgrind@slrpnk.net 2 months ago
Taiwan could invade PRC and he’d only have a minimal idea of what’s going on.
barneypiccolo@lemm.ee 2 months ago
My worst case scenario is that HitlerPig keaves NATO, and joins an alliance with Russia, China, North Korea, etc.
As a show of good faith to his new “friends,” he will give Alaska back to Russia, and Taiwan back to China. He will claim it’s a good deal, because they gave him Canada and Geeenland, even though those countries aren’t theirs to give.
He’ll act like the lonely rich kid, bribing the cool kids to let him hang with them, but they’ll just use him for what they can get from him, and hate him all the same.
IDKWhatUsernametoPutHereLolol@lemmy.dbzer0.com 2 months ago
Axis of Evil, Then vs Now:
Then: Germany, Italy, Japan
Now: Russia, China, USA
💀
Ilovethebomb@lemm.ee 2 months ago
I don’t think so, I think he’d be on the side of whoever is fighting China. He’s got it in for them, and has for a very long time.
IDKWhatUsernametoPutHereLolol@lemmy.dbzer0.com 2 months ago
[Russia + USA] invades China?
🤔
Maybe when both side loses, the EU can liberate everyone?
sudo@programming.dev 2 months ago
Putting tariffs on Taiwan is the first step to making them reconcile with China.
Cambodia at 97% highlights how fucking moronic this all is. Let me reindustrialize the economy by cutting off our raw inputs.
pepperonisalami@sh.itjust.works 2 months ago
Why would Taiwan reconcile with China, dude?
sudo@programming.dev 2 months ago
Better trade relations if we keep imposing tariffs on them, obv.
kn0wmad1c@programming.dev 2 months ago
A reconciliation goes both ways, that is, both parties are happy.
If that’s the case, then my post still stands.
HeyThisIsntTheYMCA@lemmy.world 2 months ago
sudo@programming.dev 2 months ago
I wasn’t trying to debate your point.
Jinni@sh.itjust.works 2 months ago
The REAL reason China slapped the US with those reciprocal tariffs.
HeyThisIsntTheYMCA@lemmy.world 2 months ago
xi is gonna be pissed both that they recognize taiwan and that they charge them less
OsrsNeedsF2P@lemmy.ml 2 months ago
Well that’s because they’re different regi–… oh it says Countries
lemmydividebyzero@reddthat.com 2 months ago
Yes, countries like the EU, which is also on the list.
ZILtoid1991@lemmy.world 2 months ago
lemmy dot ml is now confused.
Excrubulent@slrpnk.net 2 months ago
I don’t think tankies are keen on recognising Taiwan. They think it should still be part of China.
BuboScandiacus@mander.xyz 2 months ago
Exactly, that’s what they are saying
HappySkullsplitter@lemmy.world 2 months ago
And one more to the Mueller stack
Russia received no additional tariffs
ChairmanMeow@programming.dev 2 months ago
Russia is already on its own “special list” of countries that have very heavy trade restrictions. Like North Korea.
I don’t think tariffs would’ve made a difference there.
HappySkullsplitter@lemmy.world 2 months ago
Trump imposed tariffs on uninhabited islands near Antarctica, but not Russia.
BrainInABox@lemmy.ml 2 months ago
Wtf is the Mueller stack?
Brotha_Jaufrey@lemmy.world 2 months ago
Bro looks like a corpse
Thcdenton@lemmy.world 2 months ago
Im suprised taiwan is so high
COASTER1921@lemmy.ml 2 months ago
His “math” for calculating each is surprisingly simple and not based on anything “reciprocal” youtu.be/j04IAbWCszg
Saint_La_Croix_Crosse@midwest.social 2 months ago
Wow, Trump really is undermining US foreign policy. Damn, Trump really wants to go out of the way to destroy Nixon’s legacy.
BilboBargains@lemmy.world 2 months ago
It comes from chy-nah
KeenFlame@feddit.nu 2 months ago
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RelativeArea1@sh.itjust.works 2 months ago
offtopic: why do i feel like palantir has a lot to do with this current administration’s policies
dickalan@lemmy.world 2 months ago
I’m sure they have their own perverse AI calling all the shots
ProBot@lemmy.world 2 months ago
Never realized how left leaning Lemmy was.
Cowbee@lemmy.ml 2 months ago
It varies by instance, some are more Marxist, some are more Anarchist, some are more liberal, some are blends of 2 of those. However, the 2 biggest factors are that the Developers are Marxists and thus Marxists have been building communities here from the beginning, and the rejection of Reddit, a highly corporatized social media platform, in order to jump to a smaller FOSS platform, fits neatly with general anticapitalism.
chetradley@lemm.ee 2 months ago
Very thoughtful and nice comment. Thank you!
ProBot@lemmy.world 1 month ago
Cowbee thank you for the thoughtful and insightful reply. I wasnt aware of the roots of Lemmy being Marxist or a mix of the two. I appreciate you representing what brought me to Lemmy and away from Reddit which is having a discussion and not down voting and insulting users for a genuine realization. Reddit is a hateful nasty place and many of us left bc of that. So thanks for not being like them
Kualdir@feddit.nl 2 months ago
The best part about it is that almost no US tech would work without Taiwan’s chips
stoy@lemmy.zip 2 months ago
At this point in time, China is just sitting back and laughing as Trump weaken the US.
Remember, don’t correct an enemy as they are making a mistake.
ceenote@lemmy.world 2 months ago
For all it’s flaws, the TPP was about to effectively zone China out of trading advantageously with the whole developed world. Now, US instability and bullying have made Japan and South Korea partner with China.
Trump handed China the 21st century on a silver platter.
Xanthrax@lemmy.world 2 months ago
I feel like Russia is laughing, and China and America are both the crying wojak with the smirk mask.
Noodle07@lemmy.world 2 months ago
They’re patiently waiting for the value of American businesses crash hard to buy it for cheap
brucethemoose@lemmy.world 2 months ago
I’m sure they rationally assume Trump is totally unfamiliar with that policy.
napoleonsdumbcousin@feddit.org 2 months ago
He also listed uninhabited Australian islands and a US military base on an otherwise uninhabited UK island as separate countries. So I would guess China decided that the country list is basically meaningless.
Jaysyn@lemmy.world 2 months ago
That’s because the DOGE morons used TLD codes to make the list.
helpImTrappedOnline@lemmy.world 2 months ago
China is just going triple the price of everything and blame the tariffs for it.