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[–] gon@lemmy.dbzer0.com 15 points 6 hours ago (1 children)

Well, yeah, but the EU could go for retaliatory tariffs again, which could put huge economic pressure on the US, hopefully forcing Trump's hand into honouring the deal.

[–] Mihies@programming.dev 19 points 6 hours ago (1 children)

I wonder if EU will have enough spine this time. We can tariff the digital services...

[–] Bustedknuckles@lemmy.world 12 points 5 hours ago (2 children)

That's the one that will really hurt (the right people) - Canada and EU dropping US copyright would hurt too, and if all else fails, just dump Treasuries

[–] Buffalox@lemmy.world 6 points 2 hours ago (1 children)

AFAIK it has actually been suggested that EU could drop American patents, to create a competitive IT infrastructure without USA.
I suppose copyright could be a logical follow up.

[–] OwOarchist@pawb.social 1 points 20 minutes ago

Wouldn't most of these big corporations have also filed for European patents?

[–] vrek@programming.dev 8 points 3 hours ago

As a US citizen... Dropping us copyright would be a critical blow. Don't enforce rights on tv/novies/games/music would crumble the economy. I'm not against it but yeah, that's a nuke to the economy.