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Trump vows to launch trade war on EU (www.politico.eu)
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A massive trade war looms after U.S. President Donald Trump announced Friday evening he will “absolutely” slap tariffs on goods from the EU.

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[–] ByteJunk 38 points 1 day ago (1 children)

Oh please do. ASAP, so that the EU and Canada can setup a combined front.

Would be great if he included Mexico too...

[–] [email protected] 35 points 1 day ago

EU, China, Mexico, and Canada combined make up more than half of the US's total trade, this is basically the US sanctioning itself