Response to Foxi post #1539
1. Yes it was a narrow margin. It was the will of the British citizens none the less.
The supporters of Brexit have prevailed with a four percent lead. Scotland, Northern Ireland and Greater London were the majority in favour.
2. Theresa May did not want to leave the EU. She did not have the best interest of her country in mind. She negotiated from the point of wanting to loose and make the decision so costly that the electorate would stay in the EU.
Th.May had to negotiate the resignation agreement and, thanks to her cabinet, stepped on the spot for three years.Everything's been plucked to pieces again.
3. In no way am I deceiving myself. I am simply an observer watching from afar.
May/Corbun/Remainers acted like Britain was weak and it would destroy their economy to eave the EU. They tried to put this fear into the British people. If BREXIT happens with Trump as President, then Britain will have more negotiating power, since Trump wants fair deals with everyone. America is willing to make a quick and fair deal with Britain as soon as BREXIT happens.
What other industry does England have?
The London Financial Centre is the UK's putty financed.
That will remain so even if it becomes less.
Money is a shy deer, and a retirement home for Putin's billionaire friends, you don't have to be proud of it.
In Europe no one believes that Trump is a fair partner. Sorry, but that is so.
An overpowering ego that makes England immediately clear, who is a cook and who is a waiter.Congrats!
Trump is about to hit the EU (probably Germany and France) with $7.5 billion of tariffs over the WTO Airbus decision. Trump is also about to hit France with $2.5 billion over taxes France has applied to American internet/software companies. When USMCA is completed, Trump will hit the EU with tariffs to force the EU into a fair trade agreement with America. (currently the EU's tariffs on American products is higher than America's tariffs on EU products) This will finally rid America from having unfair trade agreements with Europe going back to the Marshall Plan.
ja,times have changed.The average tariff in the EU is 5.2 percent, in the USA 3.5 percent.
There is something to it and the big dispute lies with Boeing and Airbus (without the EU (EC in that times) Airbus would never have arisen.....)
If America and Britain come to an agreement on trade. If the EU levies tariffs against Britain for leaving the EU, then expect America to levies even higher tariffs on the EU than the EU levies on Britain. The EU doesn't want to loose the ability to trade with Britain. The EU absolutely can't afford not to trade with America.
Nobody does that either, but neither can the EU,
who will renounce the power of 500 million !! EU citizens???
In 2018 America imported $487 billion from the EU. The EU imported $318 billion from America. Much of this is due to the disparity in tariffs. Trump is negotiating from a position of power. Just as China has found out, there is no way America can loose a tariff war with the EU. It is not that Trump/America is being mean or being a bully. Trump just wants trade to be fair
as fair as the criticism from Nordstream 2 that we should buy its expensive fracking gas?
Very charming, that he is so concerned about our security of supply, but even in the height of the Cold War, we got every cubimeter of gas without threat from Russia, the only one threatening is the USA, which makes life in Europe so hard for you here, because every child realizes that Trump, the USA ,is all about money.Let him say it like that. Nobody blames him.
Trump destroys links other Americans have built in 70 years. Wasn't that all failure? Certainly not.
I deeply regret that.
the EU has some significant issues going forward.
it will not be able to hold itself so, for it are too many states on board which fight only for their bare existence (already before the EU accession, with lied balance sheets)
She will disintegrate into North and South-strong and weak.
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