I do not think it would be advisable to reopen NAFTA. It might not be approved, again. However, we are happy to negotiate bilateral free trade agreements. What are you selling/buying? It is interesting to hear that you feel threatened by the EU. I had not heard of that before. Brussels is bossy. That's for sure. Can you join NATO?
Elohim, I hope so too. And I also hope that the UK, and other countries will leave the EU soon.
Sarasmom, I think I can understand your frustration somewhat. But I also am a little frustrated when our allies, specially in the US, can not look under the surface when watching other nations. Just like in the US where you are struggling with each other politically in what direction the US should head as a country and society, we here are in the same struggle.
So it is just normal for us, on the right side of politics, who are constantly in the position of defending the US actions, to look to the US for advice, cooperation and help. Specially to other like minded, that is right winged, people in the US. Remember that the EU is a such cooperation of the left institutionalized to beat us on the right. They are the ones mostly villifying the US, they do not represent us all.
ClaireSolt, I do not know what you mean by reopening nafta again, are you talking about the Free Trade Area of the Americas?
I think we have good tradings between us, although I am not sure what the legal status of that is, weather there is a free trade agreement or somekind of agreement. But we are selling you fish in big quintities, aluminium and intelectual material, and, although the EU is trying to divert all of our consumer good buying to the European nations through its various rules and regulations, the history of trade between the US and Iceland since the War is to long and well established, although under threat.
We are a founding memeber of NATO although not having armed forces ourselfs. And that treaty and the bilateral defense agreement between us is the basis for our ability to remain independent from the EU. That is what this is about, the EU is expanding and trying to take over more and more of the elements of a full fledged country. We have an exsperience of loosing our independence to a foreign, continental power, we are not going to go through that again, that is the threat, and because of the nature of the EU, that threat is very real.