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Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region ForumsLost in Trump's China Week Was a Postcard to Europe: You're Next
https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2019-08-17/lost-in-trump-s-china-week-was-a-postcard-to-europe-you-re-nextPresident Donald Trump drew so much attention this past week on matters ranging from wanting to buy Greenland to a supporters weight problems, that it was easy to miss some of his more stinging remarks on trade.
While much of the focus was on his plans to divide up implementation of the next round of 10% tariffs on Chinese imports between Sept. 1 and Dec. 15, and on the stock market plunge that followed, comments he made at a rally in New England signaled no backing down from his views about imbalances elsewhere.
The European Union is worse than China, just smaller. It treats us horribly: barriers, tariffs, taxes, he told a crowd Thursday in Manchester, New Hampshire, a city originally modeled after its industrial namesake in England. They treat us really badly."
Its hardly the first time hes gone there with the EU. But Eurostat numbers on Friday didnt help the continents case with Trump, who sees a ledger with more exports than imports as winning. The EUs trade surplus with the U.S. stood at almost 75 billion euros ($83 billion) in the first half of 2019, up more than 11% from a year earlier. Germanys surplus is by far the largest in the bloc.
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Lost in Trump's China Week Was a Postcard to Europe: You're Next (Original Post)
jpak
Aug 2019
OP
Isolationism his next strategy? Our only allies will be N Korea and Russia.
NoMoreRepugs
Aug 2019
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NoMoreRepugs
(9,457 posts)1. Isolationism his next strategy? Our only allies will be N Korea and Russia.
Newest Reality
(12,712 posts)2. Yes...
It does look like that. Oh, and what great allies NK and Russia will be!
EndGOPPropaganda
(1,117 posts)3. Next for what? Next in line to defeat and embarrass Trump
And in the process harm the US economy?
Trumps China gambit was a failure. A loss. It was asinine. Bad for the country. A victory for China.
Europe should be so lucky that Idiotic Tradewar Trump goes after them. Trump is a loser and a fool. China beat him easily. Europe would do so as well.