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EU to Trump on tariffs: Go ahead, make our day. (www.politico.eu)

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BRUSSELS — The European Union said on Thursday it was ready to deploy its strongest trade weapon against the U.S. after President Donald Trump threatened to impose sweeping tariffs and scorned the EU as having been created to “screw” America.

“We have an Anti-Coercion Instrument, and we will have to use it,” Agriculture Commissioner Christophe Hansen said in Paris after meeting with his French counterpart Annie Genevard at the Salon de l’Agriculture farming exhibition.

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[–] bungalowtill@lemmy.dbzer0.com 6 points 18 hours ago

This has been making the rounds before, but I think it’s ridiculous to bring it up. There is a reason nobody is touching Russians assets in the West. Touching property is not something considered a political tool. It’s the foundation of the capitalist system. They are not going to blow it up because of some tariffs.