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Old 06-22-18, 06:01 PM   #1
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That was Victoria lamenting over the E.U. dragging its feet over sanctions against the Ukraine. However that's not what really surprised us. What surprised us was Russian intelligence services taped and released the conversation.
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Russia has its finger almost everywhere.
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Default EU fights back against US tariffs

Update:https://www.cnbc.com/video/2018/06/2...s-tariffs.html
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Couldn't the EU create import bans against political stupidity
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Couldn't the EU create import bans against political stupidity
I wish they have even more flexible will.
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I think we have so much of that ourselves that our only hope is to export it.
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leading German think tank says Donald Trump is right that tariffs between the United States and Europe are asymmetrical, but urges negotiations to lower import taxes across the board.


https://global.handelsblatt.com/poli...fo-says-899083
And beginning negotiations was the sole purpose of these tariffs. The E.U. refused to willingly come off their high horse and negotiate. They were warned of tariffs then saw fit to ignore it. Now its realizing it wasn't just a threat.

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Donald Tusk, the president of the European Commission, joined the fray, warning in a tweet that “the truth is trade wars are bad and easy to lose.
There appears to be one smart guy left in the E.U.

I guess whats appealing too me about this move is a President (like him or not) who is looking out for his own nation instead of going on an apology tour bowing to kings and queens.

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Donald's policy 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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That was Victoria lamenting over the E.U. dragging its feet over sanctions against the Ukraine. However that's not what really surprised us. What surprised us was Russian intelligence services taped and released the conversation.
Well this thread implies that this is a bit of a more general sentiment within the US foreighn policy right now.


And the US exceptionalism in general.
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