The EU. Everyone’s favourite country.
The one good thing about all this
Submitted 3 weeks ago by kn0wmad1c@programming.dev to [deleted]
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RizzoTheSmall@lemm.ee 3 weeks ago
silasmariner@programming.dev 3 weeks 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 3 weeks 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 3 weeks ago
EUSSR, the country of healthcare and public transport.
derpgon@programming.dev 3 weeks ago
Jealous much?
GrumpyDuckling@sh.itjust.works 3 weeks ago
It could help with global warming by decreasing consumption.
thisbenzingring@lemmy.sdf.org 3 weeks ago
looking for a silver lining… good on you friend. thank you for the perspective shift
AreaKode@lemmy.world 3 weeks 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 3 weeks ago
sorry, my family only uses all natural bone coal
garbagebagel@lemmy.world 3 weeks 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 3 weeks ago
Art of the Green Deal
WorldsDumbestMan@lemmy.today 3 weeks ago
Good question. How is he going to sell oil, which are his main sponsors?
Prandom_returns@lemm.ee 3 weeks ago
Yep, because Taiwan is a country, and the real China.
lemmydividebyzero@reddthat.com 3 weeks ago
China is West Taiwan
Agent641@lemmy.world 3 weeks ago
Occupied mainland Taiwan
Cowbee@lemmy.ml 3 weeks 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 3 weeks ago
inb4 this comment gets downvoted by tankies
LarmyOfLone@lemm.ee 3 weeks 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 3 weeks ago
[deleted]OctaviaMeowzly@lemmy.blahaj.zone 3 weeks ago
average .ml user (aka tankie)
Cowbee@lemmy.ml 3 weeks 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 3 weeks ago
Holy copy-pasta, batman!
Can I get a delicious cookie recipe as well?
MehBlah@lemmy.world 3 weeks ago
I said that in a thread the first day felon 47 showed us that .
JcbAzPx@lemmy.world 3 weeks 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 3 weeks ago
Oh I know. I’m pretty sure though he doesn’t understand why it pisses china off.
IDKWhatUsernametoPutHereLolol@lemmy.dbzer0.com 3 weeks 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 3 weeks ago
Taiwan could invade PRC and he’d only have a minimal idea of what’s going on.
barneypiccolo@lemm.ee 3 weeks 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 3 weeks ago
Axis of Evil, Then vs Now:
Then: Germany, Italy, Japan
Now: Russia, China, USA
💀
Ilovethebomb@lemm.ee 3 weeks 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 3 weeks ago
[Russia + USA] invades China?
🤔
Maybe when both side loses, the EU can liberate everyone?
sudo@programming.dev 3 weeks 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 3 weeks ago
Why would Taiwan reconcile with China, dude?
sudo@programming.dev 3 weeks ago
Better trade relations if we keep imposing tariffs on them, obv.
kn0wmad1c@programming.dev 3 weeks 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 3 weeks ago
sudo@programming.dev 3 weeks ago
I wasn’t trying to debate your point.
Jinni@sh.itjust.works 3 weeks ago
The REAL reason China slapped the US with those reciprocal tariffs.
HeyThisIsntTheYMCA@lemmy.world 3 weeks ago
xi is gonna be pissed both that they recognize taiwan and that they charge them less
ZILtoid1991@lemmy.world 3 weeks ago
lemmy dot ml is now confused.
Excrubulent@slrpnk.net 3 weeks ago
I don’t think tankies are keen on recognising Taiwan. They think it should still be part of China.
BuboScandiacus@mander.xyz 3 weeks ago
Exactly, that’s what they are saying
OsrsNeedsF2P@lemmy.ml 3 weeks ago
Well that’s because they’re different regi–… oh it says Countries
lemmydividebyzero@reddthat.com 3 weeks ago
Yes, countries like the EU, which is also on the list.
HappySkullsplitter@lemmy.world 3 weeks ago
And one more to the Mueller stack
Russia received no additional tariffs
ChairmanMeow@programming.dev 3 weeks 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 3 weeks ago
Trump imposed tariffs on uninhabited islands near Antarctica, but not Russia.
BrainInABox@lemmy.ml 3 weeks ago
Wtf is the Mueller stack?
Brotha_Jaufrey@lemmy.world 3 weeks ago
Bro looks like a corpse
Thcdenton@lemmy.world 3 weeks ago
Im suprised taiwan is so high
COASTER1921@lemmy.ml 3 weeks ago
His “math” for calculating each is surprisingly simple and not based on anything “reciprocal” youtu.be/j04IAbWCszg
Saint_La_Croix_Crosse@midwest.social 3 weeks 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 3 weeks ago
It comes from chy-nah
KeenFlame@feddit.nu 3 weeks ago
?
RelativeArea1@sh.itjust.works 3 weeks ago
offtopic: why do i feel like palantir has a lot to do with this current administration’s policies
dickalan@lemmy.world 3 weeks ago
I’m sure they have their own perverse AI calling all the shots
ProBot@lemmy.world 3 weeks ago
Never realized how left leaning Lemmy was.
Cowbee@lemmy.ml 3 weeks 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.
ProBot@lemmy.world 2 weeks 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
chetradley@lemm.ee 3 weeks ago
Very thoughtful and nice comment. Thank you!
Kualdir@feddit.nl 3 weeks ago
The best part about it is that almost no US tech would work without Taiwan’s chips
stoy@lemmy.zip 3 weeks 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 3 weeks 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 3 weeks ago
I feel like Russia is laughing, and China and America are both the crying wojak with the smirk mask.
Noodle07@lemmy.world 3 weeks ago
They’re patiently waiting for the value of American businesses crash hard to buy it for cheap
brucethemoose@lemmy.world 3 weeks ago
I’m sure they rationally assume Trump is totally unfamiliar with that policy.
napoleonsdumbcousin@feddit.org 3 weeks 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 3 weeks ago
That’s because the DOGE morons used TLD codes to make the list.
helpImTrappedOnline@lemmy.world 3 weeks ago
China is just going triple the price of everything and blame the tariffs for it.