Is Trump Pushing the EU Towards China?

As Trump attempts to escalate tariffs on Mexico and Canada, EU leaders are worrying about potential surprise tariffs on the union, leaving many to wonder whether the best trade choice would just be trading with China instead.

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Sources:

EU-China Pivot

EU Trade Relations

Trump Tariffs

00:00 - Introduction
01:49 - EU Trade Relations
03:15 - Trump's EU Tariff Threat
06:04 - Will Europe Pivot to China?
07:49 - Sponsored Content

[dahner]

With allies like this, who needs enemies

[bobiel]

'My father was Chinese. One of the Chinese expression I heard him use certainly applies here too: "whoever deals with people like pawns will end up with an empty chessboard". '

[godskitten]

'Fix the economy' -> Tariff all your biggest partners
'End wars' -> Threaten to anex Greenland and Palestine
'Be tough on China' -> Tariff them less than Europe

[eh]

CIA uncovers Chinese plot to just sit back and watch the decline of the US

[seraphin]

"don't interrupt your enemy when he's making a mistake"
Xi: duly noted

[JasonFlopster]

Europe should boost free trade agreements with other countries, especially with Canada and Mexico.

[kala]

As a Chinese, we are utterly astounded by Mr. Trump's recent actions and statements, to the extent that we even jestingly refer to him as a communist. I mean, is he out of his mind?!😅

[nemrahofficial]

This will absolutely speed up the trade deal with mercosur

[David-ct]

It would be nice if the EU had a steady plan and took the initiative instead of just reacting to Trump's crazy ideas.

[GRegBellay]

I expected that Trump would decrease the US's influence in the world, but how he seems to be doing it did surprise me.

[simonford]

he said 300 billion this week, next week it's 400 billion and then it's 500 billion

[simonford]

Stop buying US armaments and only buy European. Buy Airbus and not Boeing. Europe could do much more but are too timid

[TooComfy]

Trump's nickname in China is "The great builder" and somehow American media can't see the sarcasm.

[mellowmonsoon]

Collective wisdom of 5000 years of human conflict management vs knowing only one way.

[RossBlack-er]

How to alienate all of your friends in a couple of weeks.

[firstnamelastname]

Perhaps the EU should de-risk with the United States as well

[DrGeoxion]

I think that when Trump imposes tariffs on the EU, the Netherlands should resume exporting ASML euv machines again to China. Let's see how the US likes that.

[dvampofo]

"Never interrupt the enemy when they are in the middle of destroying themselves".

[itsthedolo]

We are being pushed to China
But i think we need to be more self reliant

[unoki]

I am Swedish and I rather trade with a familiar who is predictable than a friend who is impulsive

damn, I started a war in the comments lmao