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Which ones have lasted since 1964?
Yes, Trump will fold again and extend the deadline
No, high tariffs for penguins are back on the menu
I'm an idiot and think USA can negotiate and sign 90 trade treaties in next two weeks
Because chicken tarriff rate is immaterial compared to other unfair trade practices.
Which ones have lasted since 1964?
When you tariff industrial inputs, as Trump is doing, you have increased the cost for domestic industry now, for an indefinite future payoff
Ah yes, the unfair practice of holding US agriculture to the same health standards as EU agriculture. US should be able to push same cheap, unhealthy crap to EU consumers as they do to US consumers. Nothing more unfair as requiring the same standards for US companies as for EU companies. Let me guess, you're also be upset when they charge the US companies the same digital services tax to them as they do to EU companies?
Oh, look, a new deadline after failing to sign a single deal.
https://www.cnbc.com/2025/07/06/bess...mp-august.htmlBessent: Tariffs will ‘boomerang’ back to April levels by Aug. 1 for countries without deals
Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent said Sunday that tariffs announced back in April will take effect on Aug. 1 for countries that have not reached an agreement with President Donald Trump’s administration.
“President Trump’s going to be sending letters to some of our trading partners saying that if you don’t move things along, then on August 1, you will boomerang back to your April 2 tariff level,” Bessent said on CNN’s “State of the Union.”
On Aug. 1, countries will “get a letter saying that if we have not reached an agreement, then you will go back to the April 2 level,” he said.
Bessent rejected the idea that Aug. 1 is yet another new tariff deadline, but the August date could still give trading partners more time to renegotiate tariff rates.
“We are saying this is when it’s happening, if you want to speed things up, have at it, if you want to go back to the old rate that’s your choice,” Bessent said.
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https://www.cnbc.com/2025/07/05/trum...ut-monday.htmlTrump says tariff letters to 12 countries signed, going out Monday
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Trump and his top aides initially said they would launch negotiations with scores of countries on tariff rates, but the U.S. president has soured on that process after repeated setbacks with major trading partners, including Japan and the European Union.
He touched on that briefly late on Friday, telling reporters: “The letters are better ... much easier to send a letter.”
He did not address his prediction that some broader trade agreements could be reached before the July 9 deadline.
The shift in the White House’s strategy reflects the challenges of completing trade agreements on everything from tariffs to non-tariff barriers such as bans on agricultural imports, and especially on an accelerated timeline.
Most past trade agreements have taken years of negotiations to complete.
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Taco time
deadlines aren't deadlines
deals aren't deals
Trump is squandering US credibility and trust
Strong "Brexit means Brexit" vibes.
FIFY - there is no coming back from this regime for the nation
Another way to look at this is that there's no going back to the status quo ante -- the 1787 US Cons ution. Trump already overthrew it.
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