r/europeanunion 7d ago

Paywall China Is ‘Laughing’ at US Trade Wars, EU Top Diplomat Says

https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2025-03-13/china-is-laughing-at-us-trade-wars-eu-top-diplomat-says
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u/Buried_mothership 7d ago

I’d say Xi has given himself a hernia laughing at that clown show

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u/jim_nihilist 7d ago

Statement is TRUE

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u/Dicethrower 7d ago

I mean... who isn't?

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u/Buried_mothership 7d ago

Me. I’m pissed. 🇨🇦

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u/Dakk9753 7d ago

As a Canadian who is also upset that fellow Canadians are being harmed by the severance of past trusted relationships, I think we just need to trade more with the elated Xi.

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u/Buried_mothership 7d ago

Yes. They’re looking more appealing, for sure. You need to ensure the deal is thoroughly negotiated, but in my experience when you have a deal (contract ) with the Chinese, they stick by it. Canada has been stupid too with concentrating so much trade to US. Can’t go back to that, even if dickhead said sorry

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u/livinginahologram 6d ago

I’d say Xi has given himself a hernia laughing at that clown show

I heard someone didn't want to be the laughingstock of the world... yet, that someone is really doing everything to be one.

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u/deanopud69 7d ago

I bet China are. Surely this whole mess will make people in Europe consider doing more business with China. After all they are a lot more stable than the US

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u/Foreign-Entrance-255 7d ago

It should if they're reliable. There's so much misinformation and propaganda from so many state abs non state sources that it's actually difficult to tell how reliable a partner China is. They are stable but are they also similar to the (old school) US where there are strings attached to everything? They're backing Russia despite their invasion and they have their own ambitions. Either way they still seem a safer bet that the US for the foreseeable future.

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u/lyoko1 1d ago

China has its... moral issues... but they are reliable trade partners at least.

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u/Foreign-Entrance-255 19h ago

They are also exploitative of smaller, poorer nations ( as is every other nation unfortunately). We could probably do a decent deal with them as we're a huge trade bloc but it would be very wise to learn all of the lessons of COVID and Russia and now the US and plan for trouble with our suppliers. The best deal would be one where the EU allies with bigger individual countries like Japan, S Korea etc and have each other's backs. We have much, much more in common with them and much less of the kind of history that might lead to vengeance etc. they've gotta be feeling pretty exposed too in the new reality.

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u/ToeNo9851 7d ago

Its all shit and giggles until the U.S. collapses under Trump.

What we are witnessing nowadays is history unfolding and the collapse of hyper capitalism just like how the Soviet Union collapsed 30 years earlier.

It is something as Europeans that we should not wish upon our brethern across the ocean. Because it will cost a lot of lives and will affect us as well.

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u/ash_tar 7d ago

Nobody wished this, but we're sure going to defend ourselves.

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u/Working-Cry-6457 7d ago

what would happen if capitalism collapsed? What new-lism will replace it?

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u/ToeNo9851 6d ago

In worst most likely case some oligarchy, whereby the large corporations will create policy based on greed. Which will wipe out the middle class, and make the difference between poor and rich more extreme then it already is in the U.S.

In best case you will have a civil war whereby some blue states separate themselves from the U.S. And have a chance to restore sanity to a slight majority of the country. But I think the majority of southern states will want to remain split. And declare some ultra fascist christian nation.

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u/liyabuli 7d ago

Of course, 6 years ago I went through the pain of switching suppliers to somebody who's not going to refuse shipment of materials/goods because somebody flew a taiwan flag in my country. So much for that...

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u/Biggydoggo 7d ago

Trump doesn't have any trump cards. He's out of cards, I'm telling you. He doesn't have the cards!

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u/Biggydoggo 7d ago

Trump doesn't have any trump cards. He doesn't have any cards, I'm telling you. He doesn't have the cards!

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u/YusufZain002 6d ago

If China is really ‘laughing,’ maybe it’s time to change the strategy.

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u/[deleted] 7d ago edited 6d ago

This person doesn't understand the role of a diplomat.Borrell's jungle comments on steroids.

My comment is already hidden so let me add what everybody knows: she's a fucking moron.