Not very convincing. Tariffs mainly hurt yourself, and if you exclude pretty much the only things the EU is actually importing from the US like the author suggest they are also meaningless.
Anti-coercive efforts that hit US big tech services I can get behind, because regardless of the outcome it will be good to reduce reliance on those.
Last paragraph sums it up for those looking for a quick snack:
“The claim that a trade war with the US is best avoided is valid. But Trump has already started the war. The real question then is whether Europe should surrender without a fight, hoping for the unlikely benevolence of the victor (and validating its disdain for a weak and divided EU), or whether it should fight back, while remaining open to negotiation, in order to truly seek a solution to the trade war. Bending the knee to the tyrant will most likely encourage the tyrant to ask for more. Therefore, if the aim is to end an economically devastating conflict as quickly as possible, the EU must risk responding in kind to US tariff aggression.”
If there is no retaliation, then there is no incentive to stop the tariffs on the USA side. Even if that wasn’t trump, it’s logical.
nah, as a USian, you fucking slap those tariffs right back onto the US.
You do NOT let my stupid ass president get away with this dumb lame ass bullying.
Believe me, the bulk of the U.S. population supports you in throwing the middle finger to Trump, and to making consequences happen for doing dumb shit.
There is no other option other than retaliating, otherwise this will simply continue until you do retaliate. This is how loser bullies work.
Also, can y’all please put a MASSIVE tariff on couches to piss of JD Vance?
