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Komrade von der Leyen Orders Pause on EU Retaliation Tariffs Pending Engagement with Trump
The Conservative Treehouse ^ | 4/10/25 | Sundance

Posted on 04/10/2025 6:35:08 AM PDT by hardspunned

Komisar von der Leyen informs the union members that she has decided to pause the retaliation tariffs against the USA, based on the 90-day pause announced by President Trump. However, in actuality there’s not much difference even within the pause as the German/EU autos are still tariffed (25%) and the steel and Aluminum tariffs’ (25%) still apply.

The only gain from yesterday’s modification in the global tariff regime for the EU was a switch from 20% EU tariff to a baseline 10% tariff during the pause.

The total EU relief is 10% for 90-days; but that was enough for Komrade Ursula to mount her high-horse and claim magnanimity status.

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TOPICS: Business/Economy
KEYWORDS: dontturnarounduhoh; europe; tariffs; thecommissarsintown; vonderleyen
Like a Euroweenie cheap tent. Back of the line, Komrade!
1 posted on 04/10/2025 6:35:08 AM PDT by hardspunned
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To: hardspunned

Trump took away the jitters. Why do I think he thought of this beforehand based on cause and effect.....


2 posted on 04/10/2025 6:37:45 AM PDT by Sacajaweau
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To: Sacajaweau

Trump is honest to goodness playing 5D economic chess with the world. NO, don’t look for a sarc tag either.


3 posted on 04/10/2025 6:44:21 AM PDT by hardspunned (Look for the“Putin Stooge” libel, news from Ukraine you’ve gradually grown to trust over 36 months)
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To: hardspunned

Seems to me that China,the EU,Canada and Japan are the biggest deals to resolve.


4 posted on 04/10/2025 6:57:26 AM PDT by Gay State Conservative (Import The Third World,Become The Third World)
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To: hardspunned

Van der Leyen blinked.


5 posted on 04/10/2025 7:03:33 AM PDT by webheart (Why not write out because instead of saying b/c and with instead of w/ ?)
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To: hardspunned

She and her thugs will find a few hundred EU Average Joes to lock up for “hate speech” to make themselves feel better.


6 posted on 04/10/2025 8:18:55 AM PDT by Seruzawa ("The Political left is the Garden of Eden of incompetence" - Marx the Smarter (Groucho))
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To: Sacajaweau

“Trump took away the jitters. Why do I think he thought of this beforehand based on cause and effect.....”

Trump has been thinking this for 8 years. If his congress in 2017 wasn’t run by RINOS he would have had this done back then.


7 posted on 04/10/2025 9:30:51 AM PDT by EQAndyBuzz (Proud Member of the Anti-Fancy party since March 2025)
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