Tariffs hit EU/Asia. Ursula PANIC. Medvedev, TARIFFS to crush EU. Elensky demands AIR & SEA patrols
Topic 1649

Trump Tariffs Stun World, Cancel Globalisation; Witkoff Dmitriev US-Russia Backchannel; EU/UK Fume
Topic 1505

Liberation Day, the end of globalization
The Duran: Episode 2185

The Duran: Episode 961
France's Marine Le Pen Acquitted in Case Over Violating Hate Speech Laws
https://sputniknews.com/europe/202105041082797685-frances-marine-le-pen-acquitted-in-case-over-violating-hate-speech-laws/

#Medvedev:

“#Trump has roughly bent the global trading system over the table by imposing duties on nearly the entire world. The consequences will be global. Counter-tariffs will be imposed on goods from the United States. Old supply chains will be broken, but new ones will form.
And what about us?

Russia barely does any business with America anyway, or with the EU, for that matter: nearly all trade has been sanctioned. But we are still developing, and at a decent pace: for the first quarter of 2025, growth stands at about 3%. So, no need for knee-jerk reactions. According to Lao Tzu's immortal advice, we should take a seat on the shore and wait for the enemy's corpse to float by. In this case, the decaying corpse of the EU economy.”

https://x.com/Zlatti_71/status/1907798494850482192?s=19

Richard D. Wolff and Michael Hudson on Trump’s Trade Policies: A Fast Track to Economic Ruin

Hudson and Wolfe excoriate Trumps tariff policy announced in his speech yesterday, and especially the way he blames other countries for "ripping off the United States" when the problem of deindustrialization has been caused by American corporations moving their companies to other countries because of the lower labor costs and higher profits. Trump's tariff policies will only produce US economic isolation and a depression. Now the weakened US is weaponizing what remains of its economic powers to rip off other countries. The whole world is now realizing that it is dealing with a "rogue nation", and even such countries as Japan, South Korea and China, which have had many problems in their relationships, have now gotten together to defend themselves against the US. Meanwhile, after Trump's speech yesterday, the stock market has plunged. So far today, with ...