@OP your link must be this one

Tnx and correct. I just checked and this article is also within the other I linked in red letters at the top. Could be something got updated or so, idk.

Not looking good at all. According to yesterday’s Guardian, negotiations are futile:

“The calamitous collapse of trade negotiations between Canada and the United States is a warning to nations worldwide that pursuing any kind of dialogue with the current US administration is doomed at the outset, according to observers who say this recent episode indicates seeking a fair deal is futile.”

Afaik, there are however competing views of how to create a more backed low interest system on par with Northern European interest rates like the Blue Bond proposal ( see Bruegel or see this link).

The difference between the two rates does kind of illustrate why there are German objections to Eurobonds.

How so, could you elaborate how you see euro bonds working?
Imo, the inverse is equally true. Ergo, an avarage lower interest rate could benefit more countries and people But it’s only true when there is a solid EU fiscal/monetary policy in place. If not, then your rationale holds, I’d think.

Slavery is outlawed in all cases EXCEPT as punishment for crimes committed.

Imo that’s quite fucked up. Then wiki says;

" The Thirteenth Amendment exempts penal labor from its prohibition of forced labor. This allows prisoners who have been convicted of crimes (not those merely awaiting trial) to be required to perform labor or else face punishment while in custody."

Basically legal slavery is still existing in the US.

According to the Guardian:

“Canada, Mexico, Australia, EU, UK and China among dozens of economies listed in US president’s renewed ⁠effort of near-global import taxes after supreme court struck down his ‘liberation day’ tariffs”

Swift isnt visa/mastercard its something else.

Yes, I should have put it down more nuanced. I’ll update it.

Regional Powers like Brazil, India, China and the EU are moving away from Swift which is under US majority control , and/or the US owned Mastercard/Visa system ( #E):

“The rise of “sovereign” systems, especially in Europe, a big source of Visa’s and Mastercard’s international business, could erode their enviable operating margins of over 50%. In their latest annual reports, both companies brought up “preferential” treatment of domestic payments systems as a risk to business. That may be one reason why investors have lately been lukewarm about the two giants, despite healthy earnings. After a sustained climb starting in 2023, their share prices have declined in the past year (see chart).”

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i’ve been keeping my eyes on the sudden solar (flare) activity . Seems there is a correlation due to the heat, radiation etc, and tectonic activity.

There is a lot happening in those faults lately. I’m worried it’s started a chain reaction around the larger “Caribbean” area. Venezuela, Antilles had some shakes, and Mexico now.

Lol, you had me worrying that I had mixed up the names.

sarcasm or real?

Donald Tusk

EU measures the US with the same tool as they measure China.

Different threats, different methods. Tesla doesn’t get fat Chinese state subsidies afaik. Technically China should abide the WTO rules, but they have been flooding the EU markets with their overcapacity. It’s unfair competition as you should know. What’s your point?

Site is being reported as cancer on mobile

Used to be Polish (far-right) state TV propaganda. But some years ago, Polish PM Donald Tusk cleansed all state media and it should be ok now.

What about that country that explicitly threatens the EU ?

Maybe its exactly because US admin is explicit about it, it isn’t considered a hybrid threat.

This is what I hate about the EU, they are idiots

Why would you even believe that? Not seen the EU polls or the news lately? The EU have been decoupling rapidly, and most people here don’t condider US trustworhy.

I say Europe because I think the UK should be included.

I sort of get what you’re getring at, after reading some comments you made after your first one. But don’t lump Europen countries on the same list as those others like Iran, Ruzzia & China. China Iran and Ruzzia are allies . They are not friends of Europe.

The USA has created an unsolvable mess which started as a" problem". The damage will already effect the world for 5- 10 years to come,. European countries and the EU didn’t want anyhting to do with Trump’s plan, and they have been continuously negotiating with both sides. But we have a demented mad dog on one side, and a more radicalized Iran currently without any real central gouvernement -as the prior one was decimated- on the other. Its just an extreme shitshow. I’m not sure lack of ideas is exactly the problem. But Trump and his cronies being in charge sure is the biggest one.

Europe, Russia, and China must get involved in the negotiations even without the US. These countries could present different ideas and Iran trusts them more.

I don’t know your angle, but Iran, China and Russia pretty much share quite a lot in their ideas. They dislike democracies. But they love Shahed drones, which they aggressively export to Ukraine, Romania, Poland, Denmark, Saudi Arabia, Oman, Qatar etc.

Also, Europe is a continent, not a country. We are not the same.

Ok I’ve upvoted it. Seems this site does check out .It’s CEO is Maziar Bahari, Acclaimed Journalist, Canadian Iranian and UK resident.

And probably for the Farms as well.