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Originally Posted by Rockstar
And the stubbornness of the E.U. and refusal to negotiate will strike back on domestic vendors, and other actors who are dependent on new goods that are not in their own country.
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It will hurt both sides, but the big difference is that while the EU and other countries have placed tariffs on finished products that are not
necessary for the consumer and for which there are other options to buy, the US on the other hand placed tariffs on raw materials that it
needs and cannot supply on its own at the moment. Doesn't sound like a very strong position to start a trade war from.
As for negotiations, I don't know if there were any proposed agreements for the EU, but the NAFTA proposition was hugely favoring the US had it been agreed on. That's not any more fair than the current agreements. Trump is only interested in winning, there is no other option for him. Let's see how that works out.
