Musk wants a 'zero tariff situation', 'free trade zone' for Europe
c/europe · u/cm0002@lemmy.world · 45 points
c/europe · u/cm0002@lemmy.world · 45 points
u/MaggiWuerze@feddit.org · 1 points
No, he had a look at his quarterly report
u/SebaDC@discuss.tchncs.de · 1 points
He's not "waking up". Just that the government will show cracks.
This is the 1st one.
u/jnod4@lemmy.ca · 7 points
Edolf.
u/Kissaki@feddit.org · 1 points
shouldn't they be called Elmu?
u/HaraldvonBlauzahn@feddit.org · 10 points
Yes. The Brexiters argued that they would be better off without an agreement with the Europesn Union on future trade policy and sgreements, seeing a "**No-Deal-Brexit**" as leverage which left the UK free to make more advantageous trade agreements with other countries.
Years later, not a single agreement has materialized which could even remotely make up for the lost trade with the European Union.
And, ironically, business sectors which thougth that they would profit from Brexit like fishing companies or farmers, suffered the most because they were completely unaware how much advantage the collaboration within the EU was giving them.
https://www.bbc.com/news/uk-49325620
https://www.bbc.com/news/uk-48631741
u/Don_alForno@feddit.org · 7 points
Basically, yes. They wanted to keep the free trade but get rid of all the other pesky rules, like freedom of residence, common regulations and so on.
u/Kissaki@feddit.org · 3 points
What do you mean? The Brexiters wanted free trade with the EU, so they left the union? I don't see how that makes any sense.
u/Kissaki@feddit.org · 1 points
They got ~~divorced~~ separated?
I only read about "DOGE" having "finished its job" or sth.
u/tfm@europe.pub · 4 points
His heart goes out to us
u/Viri4thus@feddit.org · 3 points
I'd take 0 tariffs in exchange for that piss thing tho, live, on peertube.
u/jjjalljs@ttrpg.network · 58 points
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u/quoll@lemmy.sdf.org · 35 points
the thing is that nobody sane can trust an agreement with you any more.
many countries already have free trade agreements with you (sometimes at great cost to their own economies)... but when *you* broke those agreements, you burned the trust that underpins the relationship.
u/Gudl@feddit.org · 28 points
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u/jeena@piefed.jeena.net · 19 points
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u/SnowChickenFlake@sh.itjust.works · 12 points
He also probably wants us to say “thank you” for the tarriffs his bribee has imposed
u/Kissaki@feddit.org · 9 points
"That's what I hope occurs, and also more freedom of people to move between Europe and North America if they wish,
Maybe he realized how he fucked up, associating with the wrong people? Finally awoke from his ego-centric spree and dilution now that some time has passed and the effects are obvious?
He's saying the complete opposite of what they have been doing and putting into effect for many weeks. Him being a central part of that. Insane.
u/HaraldvonBlauzahn@feddit.org · 8 points
SURPRISE, that is EXACTLY the same thing that the Brexiters wanted! How come?
(And look at how it's going...)
u/FundMECFSResearch@lemmy.blahaj.zone · 7 points
So America wants to join the European Market?
Oh how the tables turn.
u/Zwuzelmaus@feddit.org · 6 points
Trump has long railed against free trade, which Musk expressed support for
Maybe that's the topic that has separated these two?
u/Blackmist@feddit.uk · 5 points
Well I'll ask them but I don't think they'll be too keen.
They've already got one, you see?