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Only if there's competition.

Don't forget about implementing quicksort on a whiteboard.

The article is more about "European sovereignty" and not individual countries with the premise that EU countries are more aligned with each other than the US.

> Trump aims to bring everyone to table to renegotiate global commerce.

Throwing the gauntlet in the dirt isn't how you achieve this type of diplomacy, as the world will just form new economical alliances with more predictable trade partners instead of wasting time trying to appease Donald Trump.

> A risky tactic, but refreshing after decades of the old tired policies that brought us the collapse of parts of US manufacturing and so much pain during COVID due to a complete dependence on foreign suppliers for... Well, everything.

By "policies" do you mean US corporations trying to make as much profit as possible by moving manufacturing to cheaper countries?

The result of tariffs, even if manufacturing for some products moves back to the US, will be higher prices for consumers even in the long run as you cannot produce things as cheaply as other countries. In a country where wages have not kept up with inflation the economic pain will keep mounting.

> I don't know if this will work. But I know what we had before wasn't working. We'll see.

Coupled with:

> People here know so much more than the actual professionals in the government.

Is funny to read; If you had those actual professionals in the government, they would be able to show you some serious predictions about how these moves will improve the economy and when you can expect the "golden age" to show up.

With regards to goods, the EU exports more than it imports from the US, but we do import more services from the US, which can likely be taxed in retaliation.

Yes, but only because iPhones, Dell computers, HP printers are shipped from China and not the US. Yet the majority of profits from these trades are accrued in US companies or offshore tax shelters owned by them.

> You can't really tariff software, as it's some kind of IP.

The bureaucrats in Brussels will easily find a way to do it.

Yupp, no one says tariffs must only be matched with tariffs. This is a big trade war.

> the EU does NOT want Germany to arm

The EU is not worried about Germany re-arming, as the world has changed dramatically since WW2 and we have much stronger bonds in Europe than we did when Nazi Germany was around.

"Success" would have been both companies thriving on their own, not getting bailed out at an imaginary valuation.

"Equal" is a very relative concept, and trying to move from unequal to that in a month or two after decades of having a reputation of being a stable partner is only going to make it more difficult.