US to demand EU pulls away from China in return for cutting tariffs (www.irishtimes.com)

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The United States will seek to force the European Union to choose between the US and China on trade, according to briefings circulated to senior ministers and officials after Tánaiste Simon Harris’s meeting in Washington last week with US commerce secretary Howard Lutnick.

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[-] [email protected] 2 points 2 months ago

That would certainly be a good way to play it.

But really- the EU doesn't want to alienate China too much, because the time could easily come when having China at their back is the only thing that saves them from being spit-roasted by a US/Russia alliance.

[-] [email protected] 1 points 2 months ago

Totally, then shouldn't be rude about it but it looks like to me they want to keep some safe distance from both the coming years. Maybe pull a Switzerland if it actually comes to ww3, but let's hope not.

[-] [email protected] 1 points 2 months ago

It's a sad world where you always have to consider your actions to not escalate toward a new world war. Things went from okay to bad really quick.

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