After Trump's Greenland tariff extortion, Macron is pushing the anti-coercion instrument, parliament has suspended ratification of July's surrender deal, and even Starmer is saying enough is enough.
A round-up of reactions from European leaders in response to Trump’s tariff threats.
Okay, that is a fair and relevant example. I do think it’s worth noting though that Volvo is a bit of an outlier here. I also just don’t see how we decouple from the USA without having trade barriers.
I mean, maybe there’s things the EU or Sweden can or should do to force Volvo not to do that, but since they already let Volvo be bought up by China, I’m not sure it’d even be practical or possible.
Okay, that is a fair and relevant example. I do think it’s worth noting though that Volvo is a bit of an outlier here. I also just don’t see how we decouple from the USA without having trade barriers.
I mean, maybe there’s things the EU or Sweden can or should do to force Volvo not to do that, but since they already let Volvo be bought up by China, I’m not sure it’d even be practical or possible.