bigwave Posted November 12, 2019 Report Share Posted November 12, 2019 EU Begins Accepting Serious Consequences From U.S. Economic and Trade Position… Posted on November 11, 2019 by sundance The major industrial economies of the European Union (U.K., France, Germany) have been the beneficiaries of a decades-long system which allowed one-sided benefits -via tariffs- against U.S. products. With President Trump demanding reciprocity, and with less industrial purchasing from China, the EU is now starting to contemplate a dramatically different economic future. (Reuters) – Persistent weakness in euro zone manufacturing raises the risk of other sectors of the economy being infected, extending the currency bloc’s recent downturn, European Central Bank policymaker Yves Mersch said on Monday. “The longer the weakness in manufacturing persists, the greater the risk that other sectors of the economy will be affected by the slowdown as well,” Mersch told a conference. “Risks to the growth outlook remain on the downside overall.” (read more) I think it is safe to say the majority of American voters have no idea how deeply the global economy is dependent on systems of trade that are based on the U.S. trade deficits. The $500+ billion annual trade deficit the U.S. was running with China was the primary vault Beijing used to purchase industrial goods from the EU. With President Trump reversing the outflow of dollars into China, the EU economy has been hit hard. Simultaneously, President Trump has begun the process of confronting EU tariffs against U.S. products that have existed since the 1948 Marshall Plan was enacted. Under the Trump administration USTR Robert Lighthizer and Commerce Secretary Wilbur Ross have put the EU on notice that U.S. trade agreements will no longer accept the one-sided benefit; the current U.S. position is reciprocity without compromise. Against both standards of diminished Asian purchases and diminished protectionism for their collective economy, the EU is entering into a phase of severe economic consequence. The social spending within the EU is heavily reliant on their ability to capture U.S. wealth through exports (China) and trade tariffs against the U.S. As the EU central bank is starting to realize, a diminished influx of money into their system will likely have significant consequences that extends far beyond the simple lost revenue from global industrial purchases. Combine that financial reality with a significant loss in revenue from the U.K. via Brexit; and then overlay the generous social payments to the mass influx of migrants; and you can see a storm cloud appearing that seems unavoidable. NATO General Secretary Jens Stoltenberg is coming to the White House this week, and we can be sure his visit is directly related to this EU reality. Interesting times… https://theconservativetreehouse.com/2019/11/11/eu-begins-accepting-serious-consequences-from-u-s-economic-and-trade-position/#more-175857 1 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
markb57 Posted November 12, 2019 Report Share Posted November 12, 2019 Basically, the US taxpayers have been paying for the EU and others since WW2 and Trump finally stopped it. 1 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
md11fr8dawg Posted November 12, 2019 Report Share Posted November 12, 2019 Yep been propping up these socialist since WW2 and all the Presidents before Donald has allowed it to our detriment. Don't know about any of you, but I am tired of paying taxes for worthless money wasting liberal programs that helps no one, our citizens or the country as a whole. 1 1 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
markb57 Posted November 12, 2019 Report Share Posted November 12, 2019 with all the money the US has paid out to the world, our streets could have been paved in gold. That's how much we have paid out and Trump has stopped it or slowed it down. That is why the globalists in the EU and rest of the world hate Trump. We have been nation building while our infrastructure crumbles around us. 2 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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