if we're allied with Russia now, we could get drawn into itBut we won't be involved in this war, so, they'll be no WW3. This will be European War exclusively.
No, once we're out of there, Russia will be on it's own. We're only there to penetrate Russia's trade riches and rebuilding their country after Z surrenders.
If he doesn't surrender we'll take our MIC and head home, Europe will be on-the-spot to , or, get off the pot. If they = European War. If they get off the pot we go back in and exploit Russia on trade and they in turn exploit us on trade.
https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/c4gdwgjkk1noEuropean stocks steady after US markets plunge
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On Tuesday, Asian stocks fell sharply at first before recovering. Japan's Nikkei 225 closed down 0.6% and South Korea's Kospi ended 1.3% lower.
The dollar slid further against the pound and the euro on Tuesday, having fallen sharply since the beginning of the month.
However, there was little sign of the turbulence spilling into Europe. While the FTSE 100 index, which tracks the biggest companies listed in the UK, dipped 0.1%, Germany's Dax index rose 0.4% and the French Cac 40 climbed 0.2%.
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Bye bye savings
The European Commission estimates the total level of unused savings of EU citizens at 10 trillion Euros, and it intends to find ways to mobilise this money to finance its plans to militarise Europe and support the European military-industrial complex, according to a statement by European Commissioner for Financial Services and the Savings and Investment Union Maria Luís Albuquerque, distributed by the EC press service, TASS reports
https://www.sb.by/en/european-commis...u-defence.html
TASS reports?
Fair and Balanced
CNN, TASS, MSNBC...6 of 1, half-dozen of the other.
- "Promises, promises."
- Ernie "The Cat" Ladd
https://edition.cnn.com/2025/03/13/b...war/index.htmlTrump threatens 200% tariff on European alcohol as trade war escalates
President Donald Trump on Thursday threatened to impose a massive tariff on European alcohol in response to the European Union’s retaliation against his steel and aluminum tariffs – a -for-tat escalation of a trade war that could easily get out of hand.
In a post on Truth Social, Trump said his administration would impose a 200% tariff on alcoholic beverages from the EU unless it rescinds the 50% tariff the European government imposed Wednesday on US spirits.
“If this Tariff is not removed immediately, the U.S. will shortly place a 200% Tariff on all WINES, CHAMPAGNES, & ALCOHOLIC PRODUCTS COMING OUT OF FRANCE AND OTHER E.U. REPRESENTED COUNTRIES,” Trump said. “This will be great for the Wine and Champagne businesses in the U.S.”
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Good. We don't need that anyway. Nothing but poison and has brought more grief and death than tobacco ever has.
https://edition.cnn.com/2025/03/20/e...lay/index.htmlEurope delays tariffs on US goods, including whiskey
The European Union is delaying the retaliatory tariffs it announced after the United States imposed a 25% tariff on steel and aluminum imports earlier this month.
The countermeasures, which include higher tariffs on American whiskey, were set to take effect starting April 1 and follow a phased approach. Instead, they will take effect all at once in mid-April, pending negotiations, the Commission announced on Thursday.
In addition to whiskey, the first phase called for 50% tariffs on motorboats and motorcycles from the US. The second phase, which was set to take effect on April 13, included tariffs on beer, poultry, beef, and produce such as soybeans, tomatoes and raspberries.
Now both phases, which cover an estimated €26 billion ($28 billion) worth of American goods exports, will take effect on April 13.
The phase one delay was put in motion to allow “additional time for discussions with the US administration,” European Commission spokesperson Olof Gill said in a statement to CNN. “The change represents a slight adjustment to the timeline and does not diminish the impact of our response.”
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And Canada has declared a "crisis" because of the Tariff war with Trump.
https://www.politico.eu/article/macr...mp-calms-down/Macron calls on EU companies to freeze investments in US
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On Wednesday the Trump administration slapped the EU with 20 percent tariffs on all exports to the U.S. in what Macron called "a brutal and unfounded decision."
The French president said Trump's tariffs confirmed that France had been right to push for a tougher trade policy and stronger trade defense instruments.
"We need to continue to accelerate at the European level with an agenda of trade protection," Macron said, citing EU duties on Chinese vehicles as an example of how the EU can up the pressure on its economic rivals.
"We are not naïve, we are going to protect ourselves," Macron said, referring to the trade war with the U.S.
On top of retaliatory tariffs, Macron said, Brussels should consider using the EU’s so-called anti-coercion instrument against the U.S. — a new tool in the bloc’s trade arsenal that was conceived to hit countries like China — and also take measures hitting American Big Tech.
"Nothing is ruled out, all tools are on the table," Macron said.
"We are not naïve, we are going to protect ourselves," Macron said
Promises, promises
That "dude" macron married his pedophile groomer and possibly worse. Macron! France!
Fake news.
Threatening Denmark and trash-talking erstwhile allies is finally paying off
https://uk.finance.yahoo.com/news/eu...081138174.htmlEU seeks unity in first strike back at Trump tariffs
BRUSSELS (Reuters) - European Union countries will seek to present a united front in the coming days against U.S. President Donald Trump's tariffs, likely approving a first set of targeted countermeasures on up to $28 billion of U.S. imports from dental floss to diamonds.
Such a move would mean the EU joining China and Canada in imposing retaliatory tariffs on the United States in an early escalation of what some fear will become a global trade war, making goods more expensive for billions of consumers and pushing economies around the world into recession.
The 27-nation bloc faces 25% import tariffs on steel and aluminium and cars and "reciprocal" tariffs of 20% from Wednesday for almost all other goods.
Trump's tariffs cover some 70% of the EU's exports to the United States - worth in total 532 billion euros ($585 billion) last year - with likely duties on copper, pharmaceuticals, semiconductors and timber still to come.
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https://www.politico.eu/article/eu-t...blican-states/EU slaps tariffs on US trucks, cigarettes and ice cream to target Trump’s red states
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The U.S. is the world’s second-largest soybean producer and exporter, and the EU tariffs would hit a sector already battered by China’s retaliatory measures, rising global compe ion and falling prices. That's not all: 82.5 percent of American soybean exports to the EU come from Louisiana, the home state of House Speaker Mike Johnson.
Unsurprisingly, U.S. soybean producers slammed Trump’s commercial belligerence last month, arguing that “tariffs are not something to be taken lightly” and urging the administration to “reconsider tariffs [against Canada, Mexico and China] and potential upcoming tariffs.” So far, however, the U.S. president has signaled that he was “not looking at” pausing the new tariffs.
The EU is also targeting beef from Kansas and Nebraska, poultry from Louisiana, car parts from Michigan, cigarettes from Florida, and wood products from North Carolina, Georgia and Alabama.
While the Commission ended up dropping whiskey from the final draft after successful lobbying from France, Italy and Ireland, it did include other more niche items designed to cause the greatest pain to exporters in Republican states.
These include (but are not limited to) ice cream from Arizona, handkerchiefs from South Carolina, electric blankets from Alabama, ties and bow ties from Florida (unless they’re made of silk, which Democratic California will be more than happy to provide), and washing machines from Wisconsin.
Pasta from Florida and South Carolina will also face some tariff heat, though Italy will likely be delighted to fill the market gap.
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I WILL MAKE THEM EAT FROM MY HAND
Turns out both Pelosi & Schumer wanted to do what Trump is now doing years ago.
Just shows ta go ya.
https://finance.yahoo.com/news/eu-ch...173917473.htmlEU, China will look into setting minimum prices on electric vehicles, EU says
BERLIN (Reuters) - The European Union and China have agreed to look into setting minimum prices of Chinese-made electric vehicles instead of tariffs imposed by the EU last year, a European Commission spokesperson said on Thursday.
German newspaper Handelsblatt reported earlier on Thursday that negotiations had begun.
EU trade commissioner Maros Sefcovic spoke with Chinese Commerce Minister Wang Wentao in the last 24 hours and both sides agreed to look into setting minimum prices, the EU spokesperson said.
China's Commerce Ministry said in a statement that negotiations were set to start immediately.
Sefcovic has previously said any minimum prices would need to be as effective and enforceable as the EU tariffs.
Previous minimum price deals agreed by the EU have been for genous commodities, rather than complex products such as cars. The Commission has said it believes a single minimum price would not be adequate to counter injury caused by subsidies.
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