hauxwell Posted July 27, 2018 Share Posted July 27, 2018 Mr Trump and Juncker have agreed to work together for zero tariffs. It looks as though Trumps retaliation action towards the EU may have worked. Did Juncker go cap in hand to The White House for a EU and US trade deal? I do hope so. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Magilla Posted July 27, 2018 Share Posted July 27, 2018 Trumps Lawyer claims Trump knew and sanctioned Russian meeting:- http://uk.businessinsider.com/trump-russia-collusion-michael-cohen-2016-trump-tower-meeting-russian-lawyer-2018-7 If that ends up being true, then Trump is done. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
samonosuke Posted July 27, 2018 Share Posted July 27, 2018 Trumps Lawyer claims Trump knew and sanctioned Russian meeting:- http://uk.businessinsider.com/trump-russia-collusion-michael-cohen-2016-trump-tower-meeting-russian-lawyer-2018-7 If that ends up being true, then Trump is done. Can you explain why? Meanwhile in other news - https://www.washingtonpost.com/world/asia_pacific/report-us-plane-leaves-for-nkorea-to-pick-up-us-war-remains/2018/07/26/71992672-9136-11e8-ae59-01880eac5f1d_story.html?utm_term=.437c3e7a2807 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hauxwell Posted July 27, 2018 Share Posted July 27, 2018 So far it looks as though Kim Jong Un is keeping to his agreement. Well done to Mr Trump. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Magilla Posted July 27, 2018 Share Posted July 27, 2018 (edited) Can you explain why? .. Trump told the american people that he knew nothing about it. Trump Jr. testified before the Senate Judiciary Committee that his father didn't know about it. Cohen would be Trumps (or at least Trump Jr's) version of "that dress", either way it would be very very bad for Trump it he did know and sanctioned it. Meanwhile in other news - https://www.washingtonpost.com/world/asia_pacific/report-us-plane-leaves-for-nkorea-to-pick-up-us-war-remains/2018/07/26/71992672-9136-11e8-ae59-01880eac5f1d_story.html?utm_term=.437c3e7a2807 Yep, that is certainly a win for Trump. Well done. Edited July 27, 2018 by Magilla Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
altus Posted July 27, 2018 Share Posted July 27, 2018 Mr Trump and Juncker have agreed to work together for zero tariffs. It looks as though Trumps retaliation action towards the EU may have worked. Did Juncker go cap in hand to The White House for a EU and US trade deal? I do hope so. Wishful thinking on your part. China's retaliation against Trump's tariffs included buying agricultural produce elsewhere instead of the US. This created a domestic problem for Trump, hitting his Farming support base hard - so much so that he's announced $12billion in subsidies for them. With soybeans in particular, China has switched to buying them from Brazil instead of the US - particularly hurting US farmers. Juncker said the EU could buy more soybeans and Trump jumped on this as a way to placate his farming supporters. The thing is, the EU don't buy soybeans - companies in the EU do, so Juncker can't promise the EU would buy more. Notwithstanding that, EU companies are likely to buy more US soybeans, but only because the price of them has plummeted. The only thing Juncker has really promised is to not put import tariffs on soybeans. In exchange, Trump has promised not to increase tariffs on EU auto exports to the US. Given the respective values of the exports concerned (soybeans vs autos) it's obvious to me who got the better of the meeting. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Magilla Posted July 27, 2018 Share Posted July 27, 2018 'It had to be very simple': The EU reportedly used colorful flash cards to explain trade policy to Trump http://uk.businessinsider.com/trump-trade-tariffs-eu-colorful-cards-2018-7?r=UK&IR=T Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
samonosuke Posted July 27, 2018 Share Posted July 27, 2018 'It had to be very simple': The EU reportedly used colorful flash cards to explain trade policy to Trump http://uk.businessinsider.com/trump-trade-tariffs-eu-colorful-cards-2018-7?r=UK&IR=T Yet he continues to succeed. https://www.businessinsider.com/us-gdp-q2-2018-advance-first-estimate-2018-7 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Magilla Posted July 27, 2018 Share Posted July 27, 2018 (edited) Yet he continues to succeed. https://www.businessinsider.com/us-gdp-q2-2018-advance-first-estimate-2018-7 Ahhh, bless, still some way to go to match Obama, these are liable to be revised down because Trumps $1.5 trillion tax-cut package is really driving up deficits which will soon become a big problem. Edited July 27, 2018 by Magilla Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hackey lad Posted July 27, 2018 Share Posted July 27, 2018 US economy does well , its Obamas legacy . US economy does bad , Trumps fault Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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