EU og USA har som bekendt indgået en handelsaftale, som indbefatter flere tariffer, hvad der for Trump er det smukkeste ord i det engelske sprog. Det gik ikke op for så mange, hvorfor Trump kunne finde på at kalde tariffer for et smukt ord, men det slog fast i alles sind, om de kunne lide det eller ej, at Trumps forhold til tariffer ikke blot er en ide han synes er god og gerne vil argumentere for, men er emotionelt og måske helt irrationelt. Det vil sige at alle vidste at de måtte forholde sig til det, hvis han blev præsident. Man ville altså ikke kunne undslå sig dem, hvis man vil handle med USA – og det vil alle. Branding er en vigtig del af art of the deal.
Selv om en handelsaftale mellem to giganter som EU og USA er uoverskuelig, havde alt for mange en alt for stærk mening om den. “If Europeans were paying attention (or being told the truth), they should be beyond appalled by this “deal”:” skrev Arnaud Bertrand, der trods alt har indsigt i den slags
It’s nothing more than one of the most expensive imperial tributes in history. Just a massive one-way transfer of wealth with no reciprocal benefits
This does not even remotely ressemble the type of agreements made by two equal sovereign powers. It rather looks like the type of unequal treaties that colonial powers used to impose in the 19th century – except this time, Europe is on the receiving end.
More worryingly, this sets a dynamic and a precedent: what do you think happens next from here? In the 19th century, were colonial powers content with their first unequal treaty? Of course not – one of the key rules of geopolitics is that weakness only encourages further exploitation.
Handelsaftaler, som alle forhandlinger, er først og fremmest et spørgsmål om styrkeforholdet mellem parterne. Så når Bertrand kalder det “Europe’s century of humiliation”, skal han stille spørgsmålet om hvorledes det er kommet så vidt. Det glemte mange, som tidligere EU kommisær Guy Verhofstadt, ham der mente nationalstaternes tid var forbi og skulle vige for imperierne, der skrev “The EU – US deal is scandalous… a disaster…with not one concession from the American side…badly negotiated…”
Det var også kapaciteten cand scient pol Peter Rasmussens ekspertvurdering
Enten er Ursula von der Leyen mindre begavet, eller også forstår hun ikke energiøkonomi. Begge dele er diskvalificerende. Det koster ca. 1 $ pr. MMBtu at fryse gas ned til -162 C, fragte det over Atlanten og tø det op igen. Det er ikke billigere.
Lina Seiche forholdt sig i stedet til realiteterne
If you wonder how the EU could agree to such a humiliating deal:
It’s because the EU has no political leverage. It has outsourced its energy needs, neglected its defense, sabotaged its industry, regulated away any innovation, and generally failed to become an indispensable geopolitical player.
In short, the EU needs the U.S. more than vice versa.
Unfortunately, being the world champion in moralizing doesn’t buy you a seat at the table, and so the EU has become, for all intents and purposes, politically irrelevant.
Et af argumenter fra amerikansk side er at medicin kan koste op til 10 gange så meget i USA, som i europæiske lande, grundet de eksisterende handelsaftaler, hvor det er amerikanerne, som medicinalfirmaerne kan tjene alle deres penge på, som Trump og hans sundhedsminister Bobby Kennedy forklarede forleden. Og som Klaus Riskær mindede om i et længere opslag, så er aftaler jo også politisk
De Europæiske statskasser har jo i årtier kradset betydeligt mere ind gennem moms pålægning på amerikanske varer der sælges i EU end omvendt.
Momssatser i USA er væsentligt lavere end i EU, og da en del amerikansk eksport til EU er forbrugsvarer, så kan momsen ikke afløftes af køberen, hvorfor det forværrer konkurrenceevnen.
At man i USA så bruger told til at dække dette ‘gap’, er jo en ‘stealth’ momsafgift på den amerikanske forbruger og – hvad værre er – den kan heller ikke afløftes (som moms) – af den del af importen der retter sig mod f.eks. fabrikation.
Men politisk er det jo voldsomt smart, at man reelt hæver forbrugsafgifter i USA uden at det deklareres som sådan, og dermed beskytter Trump-regeringen for kritik af at hæve afgifttrykket på arbejdsindkomster.
Dele af aftalen er heller ikke bindende og hvis Trump tager sig bedre ud, så skal man huske på at den fikse Von Der Leyen jo ikke er folkevalgt og således ikke står til ansvar for en eneste vælger. Mange går ud fra at Trump er en forfængelig abe, der går til en hvilken som helst opgave helt forkert. Men når så EU indgår en aftale, hvor Trump tager sig godt ud, så siger de ikke “Det var satans, han er måske alligevel ikke helt dum…” men føler sig, fanget som de er i deres Dunning-Kruger fængsel, i stedet forrådt af den lille formandsgodte, som var det hende der selv havde forhandlet aftalen igennem alene i løbet af formiddagen.
“Han er bare så forelsket i Trump, at han er pisse ligeglad med alt andet” skrev Dineros Martin Buch Thorborg, om X-profilen Baronen Af Øresund. Beta manden Rasmus Jarlov kaldte Trump “An illiterate bully” og virkede helt rystet over, at den folkevalgte bruger hele sit arsenal for at sikre sin nations interesser.
An illiterate bully and a weak European negotiator walk in to a negotiation room and agree on humiliating Europe and harming its industries with openly unfair trading terms. Only way to make sense of it is that our “ally” has threatened us on security. Must liberate ourselves.
Den konservative politiker og tidligere erhvervsminister er altså sur over at Trump har presset Europa – ikke at Europa har svækket sig selv. Det er så langt ned i EUs udsalgs-logik vores politikere er sunket. Men Jarlov fortsatte sit ræs mod bunden
The trade “deal” is a humiliating European surrender and in a strong union Von der Leyen would not survive. She was entrusted to negotiate for all of us and failed miserably. As Europeans, we should stand up to stupidity and isolationism. Not surrender to it.
Denne økonomiske fintænker solgte i øvrigt tidligere på året sine amerikanske aktier fordi han frygtede “Decideret handelskrig mellem verdens to største økonomier, nærmest et sammenbrud for den internationale arbejdsdeling og ekstrem usikkerhed om, hvad der sker” og tilføjede at “…enten er alt, jeg har lært og undervist på Handelshøjskolen forkert, eller også falder aktiemarkederne sammen nu”. Så det er, hvad man underviser på handelshøjskolen, der former vores eksperters analyser – og deres forhandlingsindsigt!
Den pludrende klasse har desperat brug for lugtesalt. “What the commentariat still fails to grasp is that President Trump doesn’t approach diplomacy as public relations” skriver Bepi Pezzuli i American Thinker “He approaches it as transaction”
They warned that Wall Street would collapse. Instead, markets are hitting all-time highs.
They forecast imminent recession. The probability has dropped to 18% and falling.
They said no one would ever accept President Trump’s tariffs. The European Union just did; along with $750 billion in American energy purchases and $600 billion in pledged U.S.-bound investment.
For years, the self-anointed class of global “experts”—from IMF bureaucrats to Brussels trade envoys to cable-news economists—insisted that President Trump’s worldview was outdated, his methods unsophisticated, his policies destined to fail. Instead, the transatlantic consensus is being restructured on his terms.
The July 27th agreement between the U.S. and EU, signed in Scotland, is not some vague framework destined for committee review. It is a hard-edged rebalancing of the economic relationship: a uniform 15% tariff across most goods, replacing the looming threat of 30%, in exchange for an aggressive ramp-up in European energy imports from the U.S. and a deep capital commitment into sectors Washington actually cares about, energy, defense, tech, and manufacturing.
“While European leaders cycle through platitudes, the POTUS offers costs, incentives, and consequences” konkluderes der. Mens Jarlov sidder og klynker over det han ikke forstår, taler Trump om nødvendigheden hvis man vil frelse frilandsmuseet Europa, skriver Fox News
Trump fulfilled a key campaign promise by effectively closing the southern border with Mexico while Europe and the U.K., in particular, are still struggling to get to grips with the crisis as dozens of boats packed with illegal migrants continue to pour into the country every day from France.
“On immigration, you better get your act together or you’re not going to have Europe anymore,” Trump said to reporters after landing at Prestwick airport on Friday evening.
“You got to get your act together and last month we had nobody entering our country. Nobody. Shut it down. And we took out a lot of bad people that got there with Biden.”
Biden repeatedly had single days when apprehensions ranged from 8,000 to 10,000 migrants, with his highest single month being December 2023, when 249,785 Border Patrol apprehensions were recorded.
“Biden was a total stiff. And what he allowed to happen,” Trump continued, chiding his predecessor.
“But you’re allowing it to happen to your countries and you got to stop this horrible invasion that’s happening to Europe.”
“Many countries in Europe, some people, some leaders have not let it happen. And they’re not getting the proper credit. They should. I could name them to you right now, but I’m not going to embarrass the other ones. But stop this. Immigration is killing Europe.”
Derfor er Europa ydmyget, ydmyget af sit eget selvhad, sin foragt for egen historie og befolkning. En elite isoleret i sit eget univers hvor man dyrker en stat oven på andre stater. Chris Middleton har en god tråd om de engelske mediers dækning, her BBC, og vinkling af, hvad Trump siger og hvad de mener er vigtigt, fra hans besøg i Skotland, hvor det var den engelske premierminister der var i audiens på Trumps golfresort(!)
At the press conference, Trump:
– Questioned Starmer’s immigration approach
– Warned against free speech restrictions
– Urged Starmer to cut taxes
– Criticised wind turbines and UK energy policy
– Called Sadiq Khan “a nasty person” who’s “done a terrible job”
Trump was taking aim at Starmer’s policies, live, on camera.
Full video here: https://t.co/CQOm1NEMQc
BBC’s first article:
“Trump takes another swipe at London’s mayor”
https://bbc.co.uk/news/articles/cx2q5pjk4zko
The headline chose to focus on the Trump vs. Sadiq Khan aspect.
Not a single mention of any of the criticism’s against Starmer’s policies.
In fact, the article quotes Trump saying: “I respect him much more today than I did before because I just met his wife and family.”
The BBC ignored every single criticism the President made of Starmer, but quotes an instance where he offered him support.
Man forstår hysteriet når man tager i betragtning at der stadig er nogen der følger gammelmedierne. Man forstår dog ikke at de stadig følger gammelmedierne. Og gammeleksperternes gammelparadigme. Som Trump forklarede i 2012, så er det let at forhandle
It’s really the messenger. The messenger is important. I could have one man say “We’re gonna tax you 25%”. And I could send another: “Listen you motherfuckers, we’re gonna tax you 25%!”
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