Comments by "" (@badluck5647) on "Why Does the U.S. Block Free Trade with Europe? @VisualPolitikEN" video.

  1. Uno reverse. France has vetoed a US-EU free trade deal for three decades.
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  2.  @pranshukrishna5105  Not their special interests groups such as car manufacturers, wine producers, and farmers.
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  3.  @pranshukrishna5105  France would rather keep California wines out of Europe than sell more French wine in America, and French cars cost more while being of poorer quality.
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  4. The country's interests? Or a country's special interest groups at the expense of the rest?
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  5.  @oppionatedindividual8256  Or French companies could learn to innovate, cut costs, and offer better products instead of forcing European consumers to buy overpriced domestic crap.
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  6.  @DarthAwar  Tarrifs don't apply to military equipment. Governments are the only customers, so if they want more domestic military equipment, then they give the contracts to themselves.
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  7.  @robertofernandez7773  Protectionism protects special interests over a country's overall economy. This is especially true as the EU and US aren't developing countries with infant industries and undeveloped infrastructure.
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  8.  @robertofernandez7773  So, the entire EU would have to suffer economic stagnation to protect inefficient Italian apple farmers and French car manufacturers?
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  9. Mama
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  10. So is every trade deal. That why nations negotiate.
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  11. Competition is good. Shouldn't European goods be able to win the bigger American market without trade barriers interfering?
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  12.  @dragonhero14  The user is named "JJFrance." I didn't think explaining how American exceptionalism would lead Europe to having cheaper, higher quality goods would be a good selling point.
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  13.  @dragonhero14  The user is named "JJFrance." I didn't think explaining how American exceptionalism would lead Europe to having cheaper, higher quality goods would be a good selling point.
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  14. Not really. The EU blocked every free trade negotiation until 2016 when Trump reversed American principles amd started doing the same.
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  15. It's hysterical that Europeans pretend they aren't poor.
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  16. That is a negative spin on taking risk on new innovations
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  17. There is no free trade deal with China. China is super protectionist.
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