Trump says the US will investigate EU trade practices, claiming the bloc unfairly fined tech giants

https://apnews.com/article/trump-eu-trade-tech-fine-google-2e125ac0d3c1ac7a96c9194a372ba47e

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ZeroGravitas@lemmy.dbzer0.com · 23 pts · 19d (2 replies)

EU: "If you want to do business here, these are the rules. Also, these are the consequences if you ignore the rules."

US Tech Companies: "... what? My capitalism is turned to 11, did you say something?"

EU: presents huge fines

US Tech Companies:

pivot_root@lemmy.world · 9 pts · 19d

US admin: "If you want to do business here, these are the rules. Also, these are the consequences if you ignore the rules."

EU: "If you want to do business here, these are the rules. Also, these are the consequences if you ignore the rules."

US admin: "That is UNFAIR and ILLEGAL!! You are taking ADVANTAGE of our generosity and giving us a BAD DEAL. There will be CONSEQUENCES, the BIGGEST consequences. THANK YOU FOR YOUR ATTENTION TO THIS MATTER."

hanrahan@slrpnk.net · 3 pts · 19d

US Tech Companies:

call up their mafia boss to come do something about it.

puppinstuff@lemmy.ca · 9 pts · 19d

Please FAFO and get the trade bazooka. Please.

Jaysyn@lemmy.world · 8 pts · 19d (1 reply)

The EU won't give a single shit about this "investigation".

Jhex@lemmy.world · 3 pts · 19d

let's hope so

Sgt_choke_n_stroke@lemmy.world · 1 pts · 19d

He deffinatly has dementia since he's repeating the same mistakes.