The EU. Everyone’s favourite country.
The one good thing about all this
Submitted 1 month ago by kn0wmad1c@programming.dev to [deleted]
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RizzoTheSmall@lemm.ee 1 month ago
silasmariner@programming.dev 1 month 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 1 month 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 1 month ago
EUSSR, the country of healthcare and public transport.
derpgon@programming.dev 1 month ago
Jealous much?
GrumpyDuckling@sh.itjust.works 1 month ago
It could help with global warming by decreasing consumption.
thisbenzingring@lemmy.sdf.org 1 month ago
looking for a silver lining… good on you friend. thank you for the perspective shift
AreaKode@lemmy.world 1 month 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 1 month ago
sorry, my family only uses all natural bone coal
garbagebagel@lemmy.world 1 month 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 1 month ago
Art of the Green Deal
WorldsDumbestMan@lemmy.today 1 month ago
Good question. How is he going to sell oil, which are his main sponsors?
Prandom_returns@lemm.ee 1 month ago
Yep, because Taiwan is a country, and the real China.
lemmydividebyzero@reddthat.com 1 month ago
China is West Taiwan
Agent641@lemmy.world 1 month ago
Occupied mainland Taiwan
Cowbee@lemmy.ml 1 month 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 1 month ago
inb4 this comment gets downvoted by tankies
LarmyOfLone@lemm.ee 1 month 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 1 month ago
[deleted]OctaviaMeowzly@lemmy.blahaj.zone 1 month ago
average .ml user (aka tankie)
Cowbee@lemmy.ml 1 month 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 1 month ago
Holy copy-pasta, batman!
Can I get a delicious cookie recipe as well?
MehBlah@lemmy.world 1 month ago
I said that in a thread the first day felon 47 showed us that .
JcbAzPx@lemmy.world 1 month 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 1 month ago
Oh I know. I’m pretty sure though he doesn’t understand why it pisses china off.
IDKWhatUsernametoPutHereLolol@lemmy.dbzer0.com 1 month 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 1 month ago
Taiwan could invade PRC and he’d only have a minimal idea of what’s going on.
barneypiccolo@lemm.ee 1 month 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 1 month ago
Axis of Evil, Then vs Now:
Then: Germany, Italy, Japan
Now: Russia, China, USA
💀
Ilovethebomb@lemm.ee 1 month 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 1 month ago
[Russia + USA] invades China?
🤔
Maybe when both side loses, the EU can liberate everyone?
sudo@programming.dev 1 month 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 1 month ago
Why would Taiwan reconcile with China, dude?
sudo@programming.dev 1 month ago
Better trade relations if we keep imposing tariffs on them, obv.
kn0wmad1c@programming.dev 1 month 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 1 month ago
sudo@programming.dev 1 month ago
I wasn’t trying to debate your point.
Jinni@sh.itjust.works 1 month ago
The REAL reason China slapped the US with those reciprocal tariffs.
HeyThisIsntTheYMCA@lemmy.world 1 month ago
xi is gonna be pissed both that they recognize taiwan and that they charge them less
ZILtoid1991@lemmy.world 1 month ago
lemmy dot ml is now confused.
Excrubulent@slrpnk.net 1 month ago
I don’t think tankies are keen on recognising Taiwan. They think it should still be part of China.
BuboScandiacus@mander.xyz 1 month ago
Exactly, that’s what they are saying
OsrsNeedsF2P@lemmy.ml 1 month ago
Well that’s because they’re different regi–… oh it says Countries
lemmydividebyzero@reddthat.com 1 month ago
Yes, countries like the EU, which is also on the list.
HappySkullsplitter@lemmy.world 1 month ago
And one more to the Mueller stack
Russia received no additional tariffs
ChairmanMeow@programming.dev 1 month 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 1 month ago
Trump imposed tariffs on uninhabited islands near Antarctica, but not Russia.
BrainInABox@lemmy.ml 1 month ago
Wtf is the Mueller stack?
Brotha_Jaufrey@lemmy.world 1 month ago
Bro looks like a corpse
Thcdenton@lemmy.world 1 month ago
Im suprised taiwan is so high
COASTER1921@lemmy.ml 1 month ago
His “math” for calculating each is surprisingly simple and not based on anything “reciprocal” youtu.be/j04IAbWCszg
Saint_La_Croix_Crosse@midwest.social 1 month 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 1 month ago
It comes from chy-nah
KeenFlame@feddit.nu 1 month ago
?
RelativeArea1@sh.itjust.works 1 month ago
offtopic: why do i feel like palantir has a lot to do with this current administration’s policies
dickalan@lemmy.world 1 month ago
I’m sure they have their own perverse AI calling all the shots
ProBot@lemmy.world 1 month ago
Never realized how left leaning Lemmy was.
Cowbee@lemmy.ml 1 month 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 1 month ago
Very thoughtful and nice comment. Thank you!
ProBot@lemmy.world 5 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
Kualdir@feddit.nl 1 month ago
The best part about it is that almost no US tech would work without Taiwan’s chips
stoy@lemmy.zip 1 month 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 1 month 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 1 month ago
I feel like Russia is laughing, and China and America are both the crying wojak with the smirk mask.
Noodle07@lemmy.world 1 month ago
They’re patiently waiting for the value of American businesses crash hard to buy it for cheap
brucethemoose@lemmy.world 1 month ago
I’m sure they rationally assume Trump is totally unfamiliar with that policy.
napoleonsdumbcousin@feddit.org 1 month 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 1 month ago
That’s because the DOGE morons used TLD codes to make the list.
helpImTrappedOnline@lemmy.world 1 month ago
China is just going triple the price of everything and blame the tariffs for it.