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Trump administration 2024-2028

brihard said:
The U.S./UK trade deal with 15% tariffs on the UK is considerably worse than what we already have in place for most goods and services. What are we supposed to be emulating there?
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I was referring to this statement in the article: "In fact, dairy is the entire reason trade talks with Britain broke down meaning we don’t have a full trade agreement with them at the moment."

Interesting that the dairy issue is a problem beyond just the US.
 
QV said:
I was referring to this statement in the article: "In fact, dairy is the entire reason trade talks with Britain broke down meaning we don’t have a full trade agreement with them at the moment."

Interesting that the dairy issue is a problem beyond just the US.
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Ah, gotcha. Yeah, economically speaking supply management is bad for consumers and will definitely continue to be a barrier to trade negotiations generally.
 
Czech_pivo said:
It reminds me very much of the situation explained in the movie ‘The Bug Short’ about the bubble in the US mortgage market and how those in ‘the know’ kept wondering month after month why the bubble was not bursting….until one day it did.
I have a sense of déjà vu all over again. The music will stop and there will be a shortage of chairs.
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lol - the Big Short
 
QV said:
I was referring to this statement in the article: "In fact, dairy is the entire reason trade talks with Britain broke down meaning we don’t have a full trade agreement with them at the moment."

Interesting that the dairy issue is a problem beyond just the US.
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Its a problem because it is an asinine policy. And those "Quebec Dairy Farmers" that it protects don't vote, because most of the production comes from the hands of agri-corporations.

It should have been terminated decade ago.
 
PPCLI Guy said:
Its a problem because it is an asinine policy. And those "Quebec Dairy Farmers" that it protects don't vote, because most of the production comes from the hands of agri-corporations.

It should have been terminated decade ago.
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Most of those Quebec Dairy Farmers are represented by a Co-Op. That Co-Op bought up much of the milk processing capacity outside of Quebec. That included many of the other co-ops. But the dairy farmers outside of Quebec are no longer co-op members although there may be some non-Quebec co-op members. If so that is a relatively recent development. Most farmers just supply milk to processors. Agropur is the nominal co-op. Saputo is privately held in Montreal. Lactalis is privately held in France. Arla is privately held in Denmark and Sweden.

The Quebec "co-op" members seldom milk any cows themselves now. They hold the milk quota and they trade that quota. Other people work the farms.

Those "co-op" members, all 2700 of them, have also been buying up processing capacity in the US.
 
When I read this, detailed, breakdown on the EU/US ‘agreement’, I come away with the feeling that it’s either a total sham, PR move by the WH or, if the WH believes in it that the differences in interpretation by both sides means it’s going to collapse.

www.euronews.com

EU and US spin conflicting versions of trade deal

The European Commission and the White House are making contradictory claims about the content and scope of the EU-US trade deal. #EuropeNews
www.euronews.com www.euronews.com
 
Czech_pivo said:
When I read this, detailed, breakdown on the EU/US ‘agreement’, I come away with the feeling that it’s either a total sham, PR move by the WH or, if the WH believes in it that the differences in interpretation by both sides means it’s going to collapse.

www.euronews.com

EU and US spin conflicting versions of trade deal

The European Commission and the White House are making contradictory claims about the content and scope of the EU-US trade deal. #EuropeNews
www.euronews.com www.euronews.com
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That tracks, and doesn't really surprise.

For example the Japan deal he announced isn't even written down and just a verbal agreement to guidelines.

Whole lot of smoke and mirrors to make things look like wins coming out of the WH.

newrepublic.com

Trump’s Big Trade Deal With Japan Is Already Falling Apart

Japanese officials are pushing back on one of Trump’s central claims about the deal.
newrepublic.com newrepublic.com
 
HavokFour said:
Good... luck? Pete.

www.independent.co.uk

Pete Hegseth wants out of the Pentagon and is planning to run for office, report says

Pentagon argues that the defense secretary’s focus ‘remains solely on serving under President Trump’
www.independent.co.uk www.independent.co.uk
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lol, he’s realized that running the Pentagon is ALOT of work and you actually have tangible deliverables, lol.
He wants a much cushier job as a US elected official who does pretty much nothing (in my humble opinion) and is not really accountable to anyone.
 
Czech_pivo said:
lol, he’s realized that running the Pentagon is ALOT of work and you actually have tangible deliverables, lol.
He wants a much cushier job as a US elected official who does pretty much nothing (in my humble opinion) and is not really accountable to anyone.
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Still a big leap from TV mouthbox to governing a state…
 
HavokFour said:
If anyone is still wondering why there still aren't any actual inked deals yet, behold the last 24 hours.

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He keeps making big announcements about tentative agreements to frameworks, overall intentions on principle, and pretending they’re actually signed deals when they aren’t. Not sure why anyone takes anything he’s saying about trade at face value.

Any country signing a trade agreement with him before there’s a final court determination in the legality of his ‘emergency’ tariffs is jumping the gun.
 
brihard said:
He keeps making big announcements about tentative agreements to frameworks, overall intentions on principle, and pretending they’re actually signed deals when they aren’t. Not sure why anyone takes anything he’s saying about trade at face value.

Any country signing a trade agreement with him before there’s a final court determination in the legality of his ‘emergency’ tariffs is jumping the gun.
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Assuming that a "Signed deal" will carry any weight with his decision making in 2 years.
 
brihard said:
He keeps making big announcements about tentative agreements to frameworks, overall intentions on principle, and pretending they’re actually signed deals when they aren’t. Not sure why anyone takes anything he’s saying about trade at face value.

Any country signing a trade agreement with him before there’s a final court determination in the legality of his ‘emergency’ tariffs is jumping the gun.
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And those that do sign deals may find that they will be stuck with those deals for some time.

Better to take no deal than a bad deal we will never be able to get out of.
 
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