Please register to participate in our discussions with 2 million other members - it's free and quick! Some forums can only be seen by registered members. After you create your account, you'll be able to customize options and access all our 15,000 new posts/day with fewer ads.
Obama kicked off negotiation of the Transatlantic Trade and Investment Partnership (TTIP). Under TTIP, 97% of tariffs would be eliminated. Trump put a kbosh on TTIP and started a trade war instead.
Now we're getting back to the principles originally embraced by Obama under TTIP, and Trump will try to spin this like some big victory for him?
That's precisely how Liberals and the left work. If Trump does it, it's a failure. If somebody else does it, it's winning, even if they're the exact same thing.
Could you please give us some 'precise' examples of the exact same thing? Because as far as I know, we have never had a president who acts like a 12 year-old school bully.
Europe has tariffs to prevent American goods from competing - Good
Trump enacts tariffs to level field with China & Europe - Bad
Has to be seen to be believed.
It is not logic, it is misinformation aka fake news presented by you, not Dems. Well, you heard it from Trump, and believed it, so its not like you made it up.
EU and US both impose an average of 3% tariffs on both sides (US imposes slightly higher tariffs), so no one is being ripped off.
Like someone mentioned Trumps trade policy is in the left side of Obama's.
That's a pretty misleading figure! The unweighted average is 5.2% for the EU and 3.5% for us.
Its about 3% on EU side, and US imposes 3.7%.
Quote:
There is a lot of work to be done and the previous administration punted! Personally I'd like to see no tariffs as they are just a tax on the consumer.
The previous admin negotiated zero tariff deal, which was trash-canned by this admin. Same with Canada, Mexico, Japan and many other countries. We had deals, which Trump threw into the wind apparently because he was not interested in even knowing what was in them.
I can tell some folks on this very discussion board like to "bend knees" for this president quite a lot. Anything they can do to please their master, soothe his easily bruised ego and make him feel like he is "winning." Whatever floats your boat, I guess.
You should read articles before you try to paraphrase them based on the title.
They are taking the lead (what the USA used to do before Trump), and saying "we're willing to scrap our tariffs, IF USA WILL. Before Trump, USA used to set the terms of negotiation, now we are no longer in the lead, due to Trump. His strategy has consistently been to make bad decisions, cause a lot of pain among the American people, and then take credit for "fixing" the pain he caused. He ignores the fact that we were better off before he broke and fixed it.
No reading the article is a no, no your supposed to shut up and take as gospel.
It’s not good enough,” Trump said of the offer from Brussels during an Oval Office interview with Bloomberg News. “Their consumer habits are to buy their cars, not to buy our cars.”
Perhaps he wants Europeans to be forced at gunpoint to buy American made cars?
I always thought Trump’s sudden desire for zero tariffs was a lie.
Perhaps he wants Europeans to be forced at gunpoint to buy American made cars?
I always thought Trump’s sudden desire for zero tariffs was a lie.
LOL.....that may be one of the most moronic things I have ever seen a president say.
" I am against tariffs but I insist on tariffs on your cars because you prefer your own cars to ours".
Please register to post and access all features of our very popular forum. It is free and quick. Over $68,000 in prizes has already been given out to active posters on our forum. Additional giveaways are planned.
Detailed information about all U.S. cities, counties, and zip codes on our site: City-data.com.
Please register to participate in our discussions with 2 million other members - it's free and quick! Some forums can only be seen by registered members. After you create your account, you'll be able to customize options and access all our 15,000 new posts/day with fewer ads.
