EU Vows Strong Response to Trump’s Tariff Threats

[Yellowtail]

6 minutes ago, Lacessit said:

You will need to import wines for the next 2-3 years. The smoke taint from the California fires will affect grapes and wine for about that long, assuming you have no more of them.

 

Smoke taint is what makes wines undrinkable.

 

Personally, I have found US wines to be quite insipid, but I am used to Barossa and Rutherglen hearty shiraz.

 

The Santa Ana winds blow the smoke offshore. 

[JonnyF]

14 hours ago, Lacessit said:

You will need to import wines for the next 2-3 years. The smoke taint from the California fires will affect grapes and wine for about that long, assuming you have no more of them.

 

Smoke taint is what makes wines undrinkable.

 

Personally, I have found US wines to be quite insipid, but I am used to Barossa and Rutherglen hearty shiraz.

 

Plenty of fine wines available from outside Europe.

 

Hopefully Trump has some special tariffs for German cars as well.   

[Lacessit]

13 hours ago, Yellowtail said:

 

The Santa Ana winds blow the smoke offshore. 

Santa Ana winds blow on average for three days, up to 7 days.

 

The 2025 California fires burned for 24 days.

 

In 2020, the August Complex fire burned for several months.

[pierrenoel]

great,americain will pay import tax,it is good to reduce inflation,trump thinking,he is a good economist 

[Lacessit]

3 hours ago, JonnyF said:

 

Plenty of fine wines available from outside Europe.

 

 

True. There is Chile, Australia, New Zealand, and South Africa,

 

However, which of these countries will not be hit with tariffs by the stable genius is unknown.

 

It also depends on what one can get. For example, New Zealand makes good whites. It just does not have the climate for a decent red.

[JonnyF]

3 minutes ago, Lacessit said:

True. There is Chile, Australia, New Zealand, and South Africa,

 

However, which of these countries will not be hit with tariffs by the stable genius is unknown.

 

It also depends on what one can get. For example, New Zealand makes good whites. It just does not have the climate for a decent red.

 

Well you might have to pay an extra couple of dollars for a bottle then.

 

At least the money will be going into the government coffers to help fellow Americans. Better than paying for LGBT musicals in Serbia. 

[Presnock]

On 2/4/2025 at 10:33 AM, Eric Loh said:

Honestly SOS Marco Rubio left Panama with nothing but a promise from President Mulino to study the agreement with China. That's a far cry from the brazen mandate from his boss to retake Panama if necessary by force,

 

We'll see, just like the initial Mexican and Canada claims or payback tariffs prior to calling Trump and actually agreeing to a more active participation in border control.  We'll see as the public will not rest if they continue to see the hordes arriving at the gates...

[John Drake]

On 2/4/2025 at 7:45 AM, JimHuaHin said:

Is there any country, apart from Israel, that Trump has not threatened?

 

Alas, Thailand.

[scottiejohn]

7 minutes ago, John Drake said:

 

Alas, Thailand.

Don't worry the idiot will get round to Thailand shortly!

[pomchop]

Oh GOD...does this mean that there will be a tariff for those fine christians who buy a trump bible made in china?

[candide]

This is what the EU imports from the U.S. and may be subject to tariffs if there is a trade war. What is there in it that the EU cannot buy elsewhere?

 

https://tradingeconomics.com/european-union/imports/united-states

 

European Union Imports from United States	Value	Year
Mineral fuels, oils, distillation products	$108.94B	2022
Machinery, nuclear reactors, boilers	$50.13B	2022
Pharmaceutical products	$37.89B	2022
Optical, photo, technical, medical apparatus	$27.29B	2022
Electrical, electronic equipment	$19.91B	2022
Aircraft, spacecraft	$17.49B	2022
Organic chemicals	$15.22B	2022
Vehicles other than railway, tramway	$12.85B	2022
Plastics	$11.17B	2022
Miscellaneous chemical products	$8.21B	2022
Pearls, precious stones, metals, coins	$7.71B	2022
Commodities not specified according to kind	$5.60B	2022
Oil seed, oleagic fruits, grain, seed, fruits	$3.53B	2022
Essential oils, perfumes, cosmetics, toileteries	$2.97B	2022
Edible fruits, nuts, peel of citrus fruit, melons	$2.78B	2022
Inorganic chemicals, precious metal compound, isotope	$2.27B	2022
Articles of iron or steel	$2.11B	2022
Rubbers	$1.84B	2022
Beverages, spirits and vinegar	$1.79B	2022
Ores slag and ash	$1.77B	2022
Works of art, collectors' pieces and antiques	$1.54B	2022
Pulp of wood, fibrous cellulosic material, waste	$1.39B	2022
Wood and articles of wood, wood charcoal	$1.32B	2022
Copper	$1.29B	2022
Paper and paperboard, articles of pulp, paper and board	$1.21B	2022
Glass and glassware	$1.13B	2022
Tanning, dyeing extracts, tannins, derivatives, pigments	$1.07B	2022
Iron and steel	$1.03B	2022
Soaps, lubricants, waxes, candles, modelling pastes	$1.03B	2022
Base metals not specified elsewhere, cermets.	$1.02B	2022
Nickel	$1.02B	2022
Toys, games, sports requisites	$964.41M	2022
Stone, plaster, cement, asbestos, mica or similar materials	$937.36M	2022
Fish, crustaceans, molluscs, aquatics invertebrates	$887.02M	2022
Aluminum	$871.41M	2022
Tools, implements, cutlery of base metal	$830.89M	2022
Miscellaneous edible preparations	$776.40M	2022
Furniture, lighting signs, prefabricated buildings	$767.52M	2022
Ships, boats, and other floating structures	$744.05M	2022
Residues, wastes of food industry, animal fodder	$727.97M	2022
Fertilizers	$695.27M	2022
Albuminoids, modified starches, glues, enzymes	$648.27M	2022
Printed books, newspapers, pictures	$638.03M	2022
Arms and ammunition, parts and accessories	$633.20M	2022
Miscellaneous articles of base metal	$565.21M	2022
Cereals	$562.13M	2022
Photographic or cinematographic goods	$504.16M	2022
Ceramic products	$496.40M	2022
Salt, sulphur, earth, stone, plaster, lime and cement	$474.24M	2022
Wadding, felt, nonwovens, yarns, twine, cordage	$378.78M	2022
Articles of apparel, not knit or crocheted	$349.84M	2022
Animal, vegetable fats and oils, cleavage products	$335.99M	2022
Manmade staple fibers	$330.72M	2022
Raw hides and skins (other than furskins) and leather	$278.01M	2022
Edible vegetables and certain roots and tubers	$270.79M	2022
Musical instruments, parts and accessories	$268.74M	2022
Meat and edible meat offal	$236.54M	2022
Miscellanneous manufactured articles	$231.50M	2022
Articles of apparel, knit or crocheted	$210.26M	2022
Manmade filaments	$195.13M	2022
Vegetable, fruit, nut food preparations	$175.31M	2022
Articles of leather, animal gut, harness, travel good	$170.57M	2022
Tobacco and manufactures tobacco substitutes	$169.53M	2022
Other made textile articles, sets, worn clothing	$152.35M	2022
Railway, tramway locomotives, rolling stock, equipment	$150.41M	2022
Impregnated, coated or laminated textile fabric	$142.75M	2022
Footwear, gaiters and the like,	$123.75M	2022
Lac, gums, resins	$123.05M	2022
Sugars and sugar confectionery	$92.73M	2022
Products of animal origin	$91.95M	2022
Explosives, pyrotechnics, matches, pyrophorics	$82.74M	2022
Cereal, flour, starch, milk preparations and products	$82.68M	2022
Live animals	$73.16M	2022
Live trees, plants, bulbs, roots, cut flowers	$69.00M	2022
Headgear and	$60.65M	2022
Cotton	$55.72M	2022
Dairy products, eggs, honey, edible products	$54.39M	2022
Clocks and watches	$53.14M	2022
Cocoa and cocoa preparations	$51.67M	2022
Zinc	$49.78M	2022
Meat, fish and seafood preparations	$46.89M	2022
Tin	$33.85M	2022
Carpets and other textile floor coverings	$32.96M	2022
Coffee, tea, mate and spices	$23.77M	2022
Special woven or tufted fabric, lace, tapestry	$23.39M	2022
Knitted or crocheted fabric	$19.77M	2022
Milling products, malt, starches, inlin, wheat gluten	$18.41M	2022
Furskins and artificial fur, manufactures	$16.37M	2022
Bird skin, feathers, artificial flowers, human hair	$14.19M	2022
Lead	$9.81M	2022
Wool, animal hair, horsehair yarn and fabric	$6.09M	2022
Umbrellas, walking-sticks, seat-sticks, whips	$2.86M	2022
Vegetable textile fibers not specified elsewhere, paper yarn, woven fabric	$2.83M	2022
Cork and articles of cork	$2.72M	2022
Vegetable plaiting materials, vegetable products	$1.70M	2022
Silk	$672.19K	2022
Manufacturers of plaiting material, basketwork	$601.40K	2022

[mrwebb8825]

On 2/3/2025 at 8:22 PM, Eric Loh said:

"30 days paused on wrecking our economy in exchange for some border theatre to stop an almost non-existent cross-border problem" Bruce Arthur, Toronto Star. Brilliant summation of the idiocy of Trump's tariff war. The so called master negotiator was exposed as a paper tiger by Trudeau. 

This the same Trudeau that's still picking Trump pubics out of his teeth after crawling all the way to Fl. to beg mercy? The same Trudeau that went back home and quit after his meeting with President Trump?

[FritsSikkink]

On 2/4/2025 at 5:01 AM, hotsun said:

Tariffs should go on any country taking advantage during the Biden admin, that includes Thailand i think

Fine, but get all your military out of these countries and let them stop buying USA war weapons.

No more help in your wars with other countries too.

[newbee2022]

On 2/4/2025 at 6:59 PM, Tiger1980 said:

The Eu have exploited the USA and the UK for years. Just check out the balance of trade between the Eu and these countries and you will see that it’s all one sided in favour of the Eu.

America cannot even produce all the tomatoes for this sugary disgusting Heinz Ketchup. 🤗