Trump Cranks Up Pressure on Europe, Renewing Tariff Threat

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  1. Quasar44

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    I would not be caught dead in a US car or truck lol
     
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    What about US oil , beef and steel
    I am sure Europeans can get that from Russia and china
     
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    The US makes some of the very finest military equipment.
    Windoof 10 is not a computer, just a program. The hardware is built abroad.
    I do not own a Cellphone, waste of money and time and they are all built in China.

    There is just one company that is truly innovative, disliked by US Conservatives, Teslar, e-cars, batteries, solar and son, green stuff. But than the guy comes from South Africa. Got a other spectacular company SpaceX, a revolution in launching rockets.
    But than Teslar is moving its production to China and Germany.
     
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    Nobody wants it.
    Nobody wants US beef, because of how it is produced. I was in Germany 6 month ago. Supermarket full of the beefs of the world and other meats from all over the world. Hardly any from the US, they do not sell.
    Nobody needs US steel, there is a glut of steel all over the world.
    Same for oil, glut, market is flush. Same for gas, US LNG is 30% more expensive than NG.
     
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    The only thing I own that is made in the USA is my Leatherman multitool.
     
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    If the clueless person you're speaking with knew what he was talking about, he would have used google to check some basic facts, but, apparently, that was too complicated. The EU is the second biggest meat producer in the world and could cover around 105-110% of its meat demand by itself and exports massive amounts to China every year, not the other way around. But, as you mentioned, they also import meat, mainly from Brazil & Argentina, but also New Zealand & and Australia because consumers ask for it. US made foods have a rather bad reputation, probably for a reason, and if consumers are not interested, maybe the producing industry has to come up with products that are actually good enough to be sold on the international market.
     
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    They are fantastic. Use it everday.
     
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    Yeah, me too.
     
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    What about guns ??
     
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    We have great bombs , too
     
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    Trolling.
     
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    And what does hell hole Europe make ???
    About zero
     
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    My air rifle is British made. I don't have any firearms.
     

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