mmddmm

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[–] mmddmm@lemm.ee 2 points 19 hours ago (1 children)

The EU are implementing reciprocal tariffs, aren't they?

[–] mmddmm@lemm.ee 3 points 22 hours ago (3 children)

What exactly do you want the EU to do or not do?

Because I don't see any country there trying to appease Trump. Except if you mean it as literally saying nice things, instead of doing something.

[–] mmddmm@lemm.ee 6 points 22 hours ago

No large country is negotiating with Trump.

[–] mmddmm@lemm.ee 5 points 2 days ago (4 children)

don’t follow international news

... don't use social media, and don't talk to anybody that does those things (because it's basically impossible for it to not enter normal conversation).

Yeah, there certainly exist some people like this. But I doubt they are the ones booking international trips.

[–] mmddmm@lemm.ee 32 points 1 week ago

Yes, it's normal.

If you look at the logs, the bots are probably all trying to exploit some Webpress vulnerability or trying random passwords in /login.php.

[–] mmddmm@lemm.ee 14 points 1 week ago

There isn't any genocide going on those places he pointed, and there hasn't been any for centuries.

Dude is comparing his genocide to history books.

[–] mmddmm@lemm.ee 17 points 1 week ago (2 children)

Also, Denmark subsides are probably in Euros. So it's already 5% higher just on Trump's first 3 months.

[–] mmddmm@lemm.ee 8 points 2 weeks ago (1 children)

Yeah, it's because of the tariffs people. There are only the tariffs, there's nothing else to see here. Move along.

[–] mmddmm@lemm.ee 4 points 2 weeks ago

India makes a huge amount of drugs. The UK probably just doesn't import them.

[–] mmddmm@lemm.ee 4 points 2 weeks ago

Hum... Putting them in quotes is nice, it reminds people of the claim.

I think the best would be to also explain in parenthesis, like: "reciprocal" (unilateral)

[–] mmddmm@lemm.ee 1 points 2 weeks ago* (last edited 2 weeks ago)

If the US manages to reduce their imports, what will probably happen is that the rest of the world will cut the more optional consumption from there so that they can keep buying the food. What means that US industry will suffer.

But your first feeling that sellers and buyers will redistribute who they deal with is probably correct too. Anyway, the tariffs shouldn't have an immediate effect of changing how much food moves around, but nobody knows what domino pieces they will hit on the fall.

On the very short term, China is tariffing stuff that hurts. What means they are serious about not buying from the US and will pay extra for the privilege. And yes, also means somebody else will probably take their place.

[–] mmddmm@lemm.ee 7 points 2 weeks ago (2 children)

Yes, but the other countries that buy from elsewhere will want their normal amounts too.

Can other food producers increase their production while the US spirals down? Nobody really knows, we are in shock due to both global warming and the war in Ukraine. And the US is a really major food exporter.

Can people make do with less food? Probably, but it's not trivial.

Anyway, China's tariffs are completely self-imposed. They can cut them at any time.

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