The EU has a secret weapon to counter Trump’s economic bullying. It’s time to use it | Johnny Ryan The anti-coercion instrument, or ‘trade bazooka’, is designed to shield against foreign pressure, says civil liberties campaigner Johnny Ryan

Powerful piece. Trump plays hard. His #EconomicBullying gets Europe to agree to (concede?) a lot for nothing in return.

Ironically it's #UnequalTrade; typifies how the #GlobalSouth has long suffered at the hands of the North.

For Europe it's their sovereignty and democracy at stake.

#Risinginequality tears at the social fabric that binds us together. We risk becoming an island of have-yachts & have-nots, rather than an island of strangers. #Economicbullying

Is the US-China Trade Conflict a Brewing Storm of Economic Bullying and Global Resistance?
#USChinaTrade #EconomicBullying #TradeWar #ChinaResilience #Geopolitics #GlobalEconomy #TariffWar #Multilateralism #USDecline #ChinaStrategy

This one:
The U.S. just slapped a 99% tariff on tiny St-Pierre-et-Miquelon (pop: 5,819) because their formula couldn’t handle the fact the island imports nothing from the U.S.
A trade policy run by algorithms and arrogance — punishing small communities for no reason

#TradeMadness #EconomicBullying

🇨🇦The #Euro would make us less vulnerable to #EconomicBullying by people like #Trump.
#Canada

USMCA: Trump’s Rigged Deal to Bully America’s Allies—And Hurt Americans.
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In 2020, Donald Trump sold USMCA as a “better” free trade deal, replacing NAFTA and claiming it would protect North American industries.

#TrumpTariffs #EconomicBullying #AmericansPayThePrice #politics