Brexit

[palou]

Victorlink87 said:

JRPGfan said:

 

Ofc every country ect looks out for itself.

However I disagree that EU is actively counter working the US intrests and trying to hurt the US.
Meanwhile it feels like Trump is actually doing that with the EU.

Also trade isnt unfair with the EU, for the US.
Why does the US buy abit more from EU than the other way around?

Well some of it, is without a doubt due to our Rules & laws, with reguards to alot of goods, that the US simply does not follow, so we cant import those.
Also who says that in order for someone to buy something, you have to also sell something of equal amount?

What if the EU doesnt want as many things from the US, as the other way around?
Would you not allow US cititizens to buy these things (from the EU)?
Would you force the EU to buy things they dont want from the US? (as its already doing)

These arnt easy to answear questions.
However Trump just looks at one nr, vs the other, without any thought, and says "thats unfair, their fault, we need to punish them".


Also this is way off topic, this thread is about Brexit, not Trump.

The best example of the US being shafted on trade comes from this previous year. Under Trump exports have gone up and imports have gone down. Yet, the trade deficit has gone up. 

hmm, where did you get that from? It's self-contradictory, trade deficit is the value imported minus the value exported.

 

edit: yeah, imports increased significantly (nothing execpetional, has been the trend for a while)

https://tradingeconomics.com/united-states/imports

Last edited by palou - on 24 January 2019