• albert180@discuss.tchncs.de
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    20 hours ago

    The Orange Moron is doing a really good job at uniting and integrating former allies against him

    “But we certainly can’t be accused of being unfair. Switzerland has unilaterally abolished its industrial tariffs, we have no pharmaceutical tariffs. US companies can export their products to Switzerland duty-free,”

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      19 hours ago

      And in the same quote:

      we have been doing exactly what President Trump wants for a long time

      And I believe her.

      So how did CH get on that list?

      US trade delegate Jamieson Greer has called on American companies to report unfair trade practices by partner countries

      So some businessperson with a grievance decides what gets onto some government list? Truly an oligarchy.

      That said I’d like to know a bit more about the whole (yet another) international debacle.

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          15 hours ago

          Trump is the epitome of the Republican sentiment “Unless I have privilege I’m being oppressed”

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          15 hours ago

          Also Trump views VAT

          I don’t know about that. The problem is that you cannot take Trump statements as straightforward representations of his views. He says plenty of things just because they’re politically useful, without regard for truth.

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        19 hours ago

        I wonder what the plan is when one oligarch needs the country’s product and another wants the country tariffed. I guess whoever has the larger bribes wins?

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      19 hours ago

      It is as if the Cheater in Chief is turning everything to shit that he touchess. I can’t wait for the 30’000% tariffs on Swiss gold or whatever his idea will be.