The United States has placed Switzerland on a list of countries with “unfair trade practices”.
Can we get a digital badge that the citizens of any advanced liberal democracy that Magastan panels as “bad” can proudly display on their socials?
Don’t sully the “-stan” countries like that, they don’t deserve that association.
How many months is it going to take for the Magats to realize they fucked America over?
Empirical evidence says at least 100.
Making quality products that people actually want to buy is a dishonest and abusive practice, I’m glad someone finally spoke up.
Oh boy when you think you’ve done it all right with the oligarchs and stuff! NOT FAIR!
Switzerland has a positive balance of trade in goods and therefore appears on this list.
Ah that’s why…
We have good arguments. And we have been doing exactly what President Trump wants for a long time.
Maybe it’s time to fucking stop pleasing the orange cunt, he doesn’t care!
This focus on the balance of trade is sooo stupid. The US spends more than it produces so it has an aggregate deficit on the trade balance. To stop this, you need to force Americans to spend less (I.e. ignite a recession), or produce more.
Tariffs against selected countries that have a strong bilateral trade surplus with the US will not affect the US’ aggregate trade balance, since it doesn’t affect consumption by/ or production of the US economy. This is common knowledge from econ 101, and shouldn’t need to be explained to a president that supposedly has a degree in business.
Is this a legend to the five rings card?
Where’s the mtg card at, get outta here with your shoddy card game!!
What? Swiss banks been mean to Putin?
When you think you done everything right…
Fuck, I wish the government was this enthusiastic about unfair trade practices within its own country.
Except it has nothing to do with unfair trade practices. It’s all about breaking down the world order to make room for Russia.
Lmao what the actual fuck? Switzerland…? He’s going after the Swiss now…? I just… wow. What is happening.
Edit: it’s apparently about - and I shit you not - chocolate. And it’s their volume market brand. Not even the really good stuff.
Probably because Lindt said that they might supply Canada from Europe instead of the US.
Begun the chocolate wars have.
It’s getting harder and harder to laugh at shit like this. I mean, it’s still funny, but it really is not.
I feel the exact same. It’s tragicomedic.
I laugh to hide the pain. The secret sixth stage of grief is gallows humor.
the ancient greeks are so fucking jealous right now…
they probably hold billions in frozen Russian assets
Europe needs to see that unity is the way to go. A united Europe is needed to stand against the mad kings in Russia and the US.
Europe, the place where 27 separate sovereign nations have formed a Union, needs to realise how important it is to be united?
Is that what you’re saying?
United States of America. The name wasn’t helping us unfortunately.
Well tbey are commenting this on an article about switzerland, which is not in the EU. Though it is in Schengen and the EEA.
Now we just need a King of Europe…
My vote is for Elon Musk. But only if we get to execute him the same day.
The french might have some spare guillotines in storage.
Can you ask them to send a few to America please? Thnx!
More accelerationism at work…
He’s either completely senile or doing Putin’s bidding by destroying whatever is left of the US’s international credibility.
We’ve known he is a Russian asset since before he even became president
Por que no los dos?
The US is on a way to piss off all of its trading partners and former allies.
Drumpf had it wrong. It’s not Zelenskyy risking WW3, it’s himself.
“Accuse the other side of what you, yourself, are doing.” The Republicans adopted the Nazi playbook decades ago.
We’re never going to recover. He’s speed running the fall of a nation.
At least Nero had some musical talent on display while Rome burned. This guy can’t even dance.
Switzerland might really be one of the few countries no one can ever take over. Even if no one else cared — they will — sending troops running up a mountain where everyone has rifle skills and hidden bunkers is definitely not a military strategy I ever heard of.
The Nazis had every secret fortification, every hidden bunker, everything mapped out, they were just leaving them for later. Probably wouldn’t have come to that Switzerland would’ve done a San Marino, which almost holds the record as the only country to ever elect and de-elect fascists, and elect and de-elect Bolsheviks. “Almost” because the fascists went AWOL upon Mussolini’s death, before they could be voted out.
…no one can fully ever take over.
ftfy
Reason why the country is what it is, is because quite a few have tried an kinda stuck around.
He’s doing the best Zapp Brannigan impression I’ve ever seen.
Well he really must hate those filthy neutrals.
