• ToadOfHypnosis@lemm.ee
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    6 hours ago

    There’s 8 billion people on the planet. It’s too populated to have this bullshit protectionism. We need to be working on global standards for raising everyone’s standard of living. Global trade is not going away. This America first mentality will push America last.

  • mercano@lemmy.world
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    4 hours ago

    I mean, if you’re an EU trade minister, who looks like the more reliable trading partner right now?

  • PugJesus@lemmy.world
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    7 hours ago

    Good. I’m no friend of the PRC, but bowing to US coercion is no future worth having.