President-elect Donald Trump is threatening to add the 27 countries that make up the European Union to the list of trade partners he'll place tariffs on — unless the group takes steps to import more U.S. goods.

WEST PALM BEACH, Fla. (AP) — President-elect Donald Trump on Friday added the 27 countries that make up the European Union to the list of trade partners he’s threatening with tariffs — unless the group takes steps to import more U.S. goods.

“I told the European Union that they must make up their tremendous deficit with the United States by the large scale purchase of our oil and gas,” Trump posted shortly after 1 a.m. on social media. “Otherwise, it is TARIFFS all the way!!!”

  • Naich@lemmings.worldEnglish
    50·
    11 hours ago

    OK. The rest of the world can forget the US for the next 4 years. We’ll see you guys in 2029 if there’s anything left.

  • floofloof@lemmy.caEnglish
    60·
    12 hours ago

    He has found an efficient way to damage every economy and the planet at the same time.

    • empireOfLove2@lemmy.dbzer0.comEnglish
      58·
      12 hours ago

      Interestingly enough, his tariffs are slowly expanding to cover everyone that Putin/Russia considers an enemy, and his original plan for major tariffs on China are conveniently no longer mentioned. I’m sure there’s absolutely zero correlation of course.

      • Sanctus@lemmy.worldEnglish
        19·
        11 hours ago

        If we had anymore evidence for Trump’s sphincter hugging Putin’s wrist it would be lost in the mountains of that which already exists.

    • Riddick3001@lemmy.worldOPEnglish
      7·
      12 hours ago

      He is an efficient expert… in demolition. We should make a top 10 list. Including Putin, Bashar-Al-Assad, Musk and others.

      Edi: sorry, just realised that Putin and Al-Assad fall in another special category.

  • 9point6@lemmy.worldEnglish
    25·
    12 hours ago

    Interesting he’s had the idea to force the world to become less dependent on trade with the US

    Kinda thought of all things he wouldn’t want to risk reducing the value of the dollar like that

    Edit: won’t this also make the prospect of moving more global businesses abroad more appealing?

  • Dragomus@lemmy.worldEnglish
    11·
    11 hours ago

    I’d say “dew it”!

    Let’s see if your top-secret-paperwork dumpsite mar-a-lago can pay for it’s flowers and Gouda cheese selections… And how long 'till it will serve domestic boxed Florida Swamp wine and “bubbles” since Italy or France won’t ship anymore.

    In his mind it’s a trade deficit that the EU refuses to buy the US’ chlorine drowned chickens, or make their own coca cola without corn syrup…

    • orclev@lemmy.worldEnglish
      2·
      10 hours ago

      So, not to detract from your overall point, but apparently there’s functionally no difference between soda sweetened with sugar and corn syrup. The reason why is after a month or so of sitting on the shelf the acidity of a carbonated drink has converted all the sucrose (table sugar) into a 50/50 mix of glucose and fructose. Corn syrup is a 45/55 mix of glucose and fructose.

      So while a corn syrup sweetened coke would have ~5% more fructose than one sweetened by sugar, the difference is so minuscule as to be effectively identical. In other contexts (such as in baked goods, candies, or non-carbonated drinks) there is a difference between using sugar and corn syrup, it’s just in the specific case of carbonated drinks that it doesn’t matter.

      • rammer@sopuli.xyzEnglish
        2·
        1 hour ago

        Other than, you know, taste. People can tell the difference in blind taste tests. And most people prefer the sugar sweetened version. It’s just that in the US the corn lobby will not give you the option to choose anything else.