Comments by "Paul Aiello" (@paul1979uk2000) on "Al Jazeera English"
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It's doesn't work anyway because the EU can return the favor and put sanctions on American companies, both sides lose out in the long run but in the end, the US started this even thought Iran was sticking to the agreement, I don't see why other companies should listen to the US when they throw there toys out of the pram and threaten other countries that trade with Iran when Iran is doing everything of the ageement that was set, it really makes the US look bad and less trustworthy in the worlds eyes, it also could weaken the US in the long run.
Think about it, the US pulled out of that TPP deal thinking that without the US, it would fall apart, what ended up happening is thoes countries went ahead with it and ignored the US, now we hear noise about the US thinking of joining TPP again, it's making the US look weak and also showing that you don't need to listen to the US as much as some like to think and the same thing can happen with this Iran deal if the EU and many others ignore the US, this is how decline happens and I doubt Trump even sees that.
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If the rest of the world did that, it would do a lot of harm to the US whereas the rest of the world would trade with each other but in any case, it's not really needed, Trump is helping the rest of the world to reshape relations and that is not good news for the US.
In any case, Trump is the best thing that happened to the likes of the EU and china because it's really showing what the US is all about and being made very public about it, Trump said he wants to make America great again, boy is he going about it the wrong way and likely going to have a negative impact on the US over the long run.
Anyway, it really doesn't matter, the west is in decline with us having less market share of the world as time goes on and power is quickly shifting towards Asia and this is what really worries Trump and the US, the power hold on the world is quickly slipping, the irony is that Trumps action are just speeding that process up.
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The thing is about decline, history have shown us that the ones that make the most noise near the end are the ones that push decline onto them selfs, the US is doing it since 9/11, mostly thanks to China and to a less degree, the Euro, you only have to look at the actions since then to see things are getting desprate in the US, Trump is just another indicator of that.
In any case, all Trump is doing is weakning the US whiles the EU and China can take advantage of this and likely will.
Joyce, Trump wants others to spend more so they take the burden of the US, the problem is that a lot of these problems are US problems, the EU doesn't feel the need to overspend on the army, all they really need to do is unite the members together, but I can understand why the US wants that because they see China taking over, it's all about fear now in the US because they see thier grip on the world being lost.
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So lets get this right, the EU is a fascist, socialist regime, think for a second what you just said there and you might realise you need to go back to school to understand what that means, for one thing, if the EU was a socialist regime as you say then why do Europeans have some of the highest standard of living in the world?, isn't that a contridiction on what you are saying.
As for the fascist bit, funny considering no other goverment around the world thinks it is and considering we vote in the European elections, but really, go back to school and learn on what you said and you might realise what that means.
I should also point out that the EU came about because of the mess that world war two created, first they started with the Steal and Coal Community by pooling natural resources togerther, making it very hard to go to war with each other then because it would do each other too much harm, then they did the EEC which was mostly focused on economic trade with political union begining to show, now we have the EU which is more or less both, a political and economic union, all of which was the intention after world war two and was no secret, best wat to prevent war is to bring the people together, now the idea of war in Europe or I should say EU members is unthinkable that most people would laugh if you said it could happen.
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This isn't breaking French law, it was in fact part of French law to allow them to do this, but even if it wasn't, laws change all the time, the main thing is doing the right thing by them that really counts.
Raptor, if this sends out the kind of message that gets a lot of migrants to do a lot of good then where is the problem?, you make it seem like this is a ploy, the fact of the matter is that guy did good and should be rewarded, noone else was trying to help that child, a lot of people just stud there watching, you make it seem like he should just left the child to land on his head because if these people don't get rewarded for helping out then why should they help out?, treat them as human and they will act human.
In any case, it's clear that many people don't like the fact that a migrant and a black one at that did a good thing because it puts a big hole in the arguement that many have been trying to lable migrants as all bad, thats what this is all about.
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You wished, if that was the case, the US could more or less do anything it wants around the world which it clearly can't, the reality is simply, both the US and EU are in decline with China and the rest of Asia taking over, honestly, I don't see both the EU and US working together being able to compeat with Asia and this should worry the west because for now, we make up most of the worlds laws, regulations and rules both the EU and US, but that is likely going to shift towards Asia where they end up making the worlds rules, it all boils down to economic might and Asia have a major advantage by population numbers with a booming economy compared to the west, it's also the reason why the US have been in a bit of a panic since 9/11, they know there grip on the world is slipping hence why they've tried to do a lot of what they did over the last 20 years, it's despration to try and hold on but the reality is, we just don't have the population to compete with Asia in the long run.
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Because you want it to happen doesn't make it so, people like you wanted a cake to eat and to cheer pick any deal we want with the EU, the EU said no, as for me not seeing it, thats because I look at the facts, the EU as been around for quite some time and people like you keep saying it's going to fall and yet here it is, people like you said Brexit would be the end of it and yet it seems to be stronger for it, look in Northern Ireland just now, 56% of the public wanted to stay in the EU at the time of the vote and now it's upto 69%, support for the EU as gone up in many EU members since Brexit happened.
These are simply facts, Brexit, Trump and Putin have been a gift to the EU by showing how much it's needed, so by all means deluded yourself all you want about the EU falling apart because it doesn't change anything that it's still here, in fact I say the risk is much higher of the UK falling apart if Brexit goes wrong and Scotland and Northern Ireland leaves the UK union.
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The last one was with George W Bush, the US backed down after two years and felt insulted because the EU was targeting Bush himself.
Also, it's not about exports or imports, it's about size and the fact is, the EU and China are more then big enough to be fine without the US, more so as they will continue to trade with the rest of the world whereas the US wants to shut up shop.
In the end, the more tariffs the US does, the more jobs that will flood out of the US like Harley Davidsons said they would do, because at the end of the day, corps will do whats in there intrest and the fact is, most of them make there money around the world, so if push comes to shove, Trump could end up pushing a lot of jobs out of the US which would be funny to see with his American first policy.
That guy really doesn't have a clue about economics, he honesty thought that the others around the worldn't wouldn't dare put tariffs on US goods lol, what an idiot to think that when history shows us time after time that they do, in fact with Trump, they have no choice but to put tariff on US goods because Trump would think he's won and do even more if others bend over.
In the end, if more tariffs on each others goods keep happening, all it will end up doing is hanging Trump up by a lamp post by his own people once the damage starts to kick in, Trump boxed himself in now and he doesn't know how to get out of it without his ego taking a hit, the EU and China are laighing all the way because this is weakening the US around the world whiles changing the political landscape away from the US.
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That doesn't mean it wasn't a trade war, just that the US didn't go all out because the EU forced them to back down.
As said, the EU and China are big enough to stand on it's own feet, the others not so but because the EU is open, they can trade a lot more with them if the US closes down.
Also, there is a lot more to trade wars then just surplus with them, China can use all sorts of other tricks to hurt the US if it comes to that, in any case, it's the US who is really kidding it's self thinking they could win this, I don't think the US have ever won a trade war over the EU because the EU fights back hard, it looks like China will as well and in the end, the EU and China will keep trading around the world so the damage done is less to them then it is to the US, all this is doing is isolating the US from the rest of the world.
As for the US job figures and yet the debt levels didn't come down over that time, in fact they've gone up.
Trump became president because people are fed up with how things are, just like how Brexit happened, but these actions wont solve what the people want, it's likely to make things worse, the reality is, the voting public are not a very good judge at voting whats good for them, hence the major flaw in democracy.
China will slow as they close the gap with the EU and US per capita, thats to be expected, still they are growing much faster then us and likely will for a few decades more, as for the world economy, yes it will take an hit but the hit will be far worse for the US and the longer it drags on for, the more trade that will be re-routed to other countries, it's the US that loses out here the most.
In any case, who cares, this is how power is lost, if you check history out you'll see that the ones that make the most noise are the ones that are on decline, the US knows that power is shifting towards Asia and are getting desprate, it all started around 9/11 with the Euro making traction around the world, the US didn't like that, the irony is, US action didn't stop it and Trump's actions are likely to speed things up.
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Tariffs was put on each others goods, that is a trade war, in fact because the EU is smart and was tactical in how they put tariffs on goods by targeting red states, Bush took it personally, in the end after 2 years, the US backed down because you can't win a trade war if the other players fight back just as much, it ends up hurting all saids and in the case of this one with the US having trade wars with many, it ends up hurting the US the most.
As for the US, it's not so much about dominating the world but dictating world order but the US knows it's losing it's grip on that, you don't seem to understand that after world war two, the US rigged a lot of the system in it's favor, how do you think the US Dollar became the reserve currency? it wasn't by chance, the idea was that the US could print off a lot of paper money, the irony is is that is under threat now and that could be a big problem for the US as China holds a lot of the US debts.
As for the rest, trade with the EU and US is quite balanced, Trump likes to go on about Europeans not buying Americans cars, well it's a diffrent market, American made cars don't sell that well outside the US unless they've been redesigned for the local market, why do you think American cars that are sold in Europe don't look like the American version?, this is the real problem here, European cars sell well in the US without any change but Americans cars don't without a redesign and in most cases they end up making thoes American cars in the EU, Trump can't win on that one because he doesn't understand economics of the global economy.
Beside, most American corparations make most of thier money from around the world, you might not like that fact but these companies would leave the US if the US becomes too tough or unstable to do busisness in because companies only care about money and thats in the world economy.
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