Commission responds to unjustified US steel and aluminium tariffs with countermeasures
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In response to the imposition of new, unjustified US tariffs on EU steel and aluminium imports, the Commission has launched swift and proportionate countermeasures on US imports into the EU.

In response to the imposition of new, unjustified US tariffs on EU steel and aluminium imports, the Commission has launched swift and proportionate countermeasures on US imports into the EU.

    •  null_dot   ( @null_dot@lemmy.dbzer0.com ) English
      50•21 days ago

      Just a reminder that the coming recession will be blamed on immigrants, canadians, woke boycotts, Ukraine, renewable energy, LGBTIQ+, and so on.

      If you’re hoping it will make MAGA idiots reject Trump, it won’t. It just provides more fuel to drive fascist agendas.

      “Now is not a good time for an election because the business community needs stability during this transitional period of recovery.”

      •  Kualdir   ( @Kualdir@feddit.nl ) English
        33•21 days ago

        I’m european (as you probably noticed with my lemmy instance), for me the most important message of what is happening now is that we need to be less dependend on the US. The fact that this can happen and damage us so much means we need to be more self sufficient.

        As a kid/teen I wanted to move to the US, now as an adult I noticed how good we have it here.

        •  null_dot   ( @null_dot@lemmy.dbzer0.com ) English
          10•21 days ago

          Indeed!

          I’m Australian. We have deep psychological, cultural, and political ties to the US.

          I vividly remember my grade 3 teacher explaining that we would be speaking Japanese if the US hadn’t saved us in WWII.

          That may (or may not) be true, but there’s a pervasive feeling that we need the US lest we be annexed by China.

          Just a few short months ago I found China’s politics of censorship and authoritarianism fairly repugnant, but honestly now they’re my preferred global super power. I for one welcome our new communist overlords.

          Anyhow, I wholeheartedly agree that Europe becoming more self sufficient is the right way forward. Hopefully Australia can build stronger ties with Europe also.

          Sadly we’re due for an election in the coming months and I suspect our conservative party is going to win and fall in to line behind Trump.

    •  unexposedhazard   ( @unexposedhazard@discuss.tchncs.de ) English
      12•21 days ago

      If its just tariffs on consumer goods yeah, but they could get creative and pull the plug on some legal frameworks that allow US companies to siphon money from EU citizens. You could for example partially suspend patent protection for US patents. Legalize cracking US DRM on software and media. Lots of options…

      •  Kualdir   ( @Kualdir@feddit.nl ) English
        2•21 days ago

        I don’t think pulling down the legal framework of one of our “allies” is a good way to ever repair the relation. We don’t need to try and stoop lower than them, we just need to react fairly while building up our own economy so we are less depended on them. I think that’s the way.

        •  unexposedhazard   ( @unexposedhazard@discuss.tchncs.de ) English
          14•21 days ago

          Nah this is the perfect chance to get rid of these horribly damaging laws that have kept us from achieving genuinely good technological progress. They were forced on us by the US under the threat of tariffs. It would be reasonable and poetic for these laws to be buried under exactly these conditions.

  •  FundMECFS   ( @FundMECFSResearch@lemmy.blahaj.zone ) English
    5•21 days ago
    • First, the Commission will allow the suspension of existing 2018 and 2020 countermeasuresagainst the US to lapse on 1 April. These countermeasures target a range of US products that respond to the economic harm done on €8 billion of EU steel and aluminium exports.
    • Second, in response to new US tariffs affecting more than €18 billion of EU exports, the Commission is putting forward a **package of new countermeasures on US exports. **They will come into force by mid-April, following consultation of Member States and stakeholders.
    •  sloppychops   ( @sloppychops@lemmy.ca ) English
      6•21 days ago

      Non-tarrif counter measures are a thing. And you can really be as creative as you want there.

      Do what the Chinese do and introduce a law where 51% of a foreign multinational must be locally owned and operated.

      Force the break-up of large corps through anti-trust action.

      Minimum pricing rules on posts and / or account creation.

      Prohibitions of phones in schools.

      Updated data protection laws banning the collection and sale of personal data and applying copyright law protections. Allow individuals to sell their data if they choose to.

      Introduce laws that categorize ‘trending’ and algorithmic manipulation as ‘editorialising’ and regulate the behaviour as you would any other media.