I think the EU is hoping for the mid-terms and that the Democrats take over the house of representatives.
With any luck they’ll start doing their job again, and repeal these tariffs that Trump doesnt really have the mandate to set. It should be the house, yet somehow…
The Dems will not be able to repeal the tariffs if they only control the House. It currently looks very unlikely they’ll control the Senate, and it’s just a coin toss right now if they’ll even control the house (will probably turn unlikely after Texas redistricts).
We’re still going to need lots of US military equipment for a long time, so agreeing to that wasn’t too bad IMHO.
As for the investment we’ll have to see. What’s the time frame? Perhaps we’ll see a little more sane US after the midterms?
But yeah, this isn’t a win for the EU by any means. It might be less bad for the smaller countries that might have been subjected to the Thailand deal if they had been alone though. But that’s not how the far right and Russia funded anti-eu brigade will frame it.
The EU gets time to move away from the US and build their own alternatives with reliable allies.
But yes, this isn’t the US of old where mutual benefit was the goal. This is “the US gets whatever it can take and fuck everybody else”.
But is EU actually gonna do this or is the plan to just wait it out when the clowns term is up and then hope for the best?
I think the EU is hoping for the mid-terms and that the Democrats take over the house of representatives. With any luck they’ll start doing their job again, and repeal these tariffs that Trump doesnt really have the mandate to set. It should be the house, yet somehow…
The Dems will not be able to repeal the tariffs if they only control the House. It currently looks very unlikely they’ll control the Senate, and it’s just a coin toss right now if they’ll even control the house (will probably turn unlikely after Texas redistricts).
Moving away is the opposite of pledging to do massive investments in the US and getting dependent on the American military equipment and energy
We’re still going to need lots of US military equipment for a long time, so agreeing to that wasn’t too bad IMHO. As for the investment we’ll have to see. What’s the time frame? Perhaps we’ll see a little more sane US after the midterms?
But yeah, this isn’t a win for the EU by any means. It might be less bad for the smaller countries that might have been subjected to the Thailand deal if they had been alone though. But that’s not how the far right and Russia funded anti-eu brigade will frame it.