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mantas | 1 month ago

I don’t think so. This is not first time euro bureaucrats pull off shit like this. Apply cutthroat regulations locally and push through cheap imports. Then cry about local industries struggling. Rinse and repeat.

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fakedang|1 month ago

To be fair, Europe is tired of its farmers rioting and the general public welcomes the trade deal. If the farmers are crying about struggling against competition, I have a tiny violin to play for them.

mantas|1 month ago

Maybe lift all the green deal stuff on our own farmers while at it? Let’s make it a fair competition.

What’s next, let in shitty US food?

I don’t see general public welcoming it. Most people don’t seem to even know about it. Out of those who do know, many don't seem to be happy about it.

Also, fucking over our farmers in unstable world does not seem like a smart thing to do. It’s time to do opposite and double-down on sovereignty on all fronts. And food sovereignty was one of very few sectors where EU got it right. Our food is not cheap, but we got plenty locally and quality is pretty good.

hvb2|1 month ago

I'm not sure it would've happened without the US messing around. Other countries look more favorable now than they did before.

mantas|1 month ago

Favorable in what sense beyond sticking it to US?

I’m against similar trade deal with US too. Or pretty much any other country. At best some shitty lobbyists used it as a scapegoat to push through a bad deal.