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Politics : The Trump Presidency -- Ignore unavailable to you. Want to Upgrade?

To: Katelew who wrote (86034)	7/26/2018 2:29:14 PM
From: epicure	1 Recommendation Recommended By bentway Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 368879

Since you asked: “The statement that Europe will increase imports of US liquified natural gas and soybeans needs to have the word ‘eventually’ in front of it,” said Edward Goldberg, a professor at New York University’s Center for Global Affairs. In terms of liquified natural gas, the US does not have enough processing plants to increase demand immediately, Goldberg said. And when it comes to soybeans, the EU has long-standing relationships with Brazil and Argentina. The vague deal leaves the US and EU essentially back to where they were during the Barack Obama-era, trade-wise, when both sides spent years mired in discussions about the “TTIP,” or Transatlantic Trade and Investment Partnership. The massive deal’s goal was to remove trade barriers between the two parties, but because tariffs are already low between the EU and the US, the negotiations were mostly centered on harmonizing regulations and standards.

To: Katelew who wrote (86034)	7/26/2018 6:14:57 PM
From: combjelly	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 368879

Are they? Where is the paper? With signatures? Does that mean we won't be paying the farmers $12 billion? So far, all we have are tweets. What Trump tweets and what actually happens are rarely even close to the same thing. It is a head scratcher as to what Trump means by this. Is the EU government going to buy soybeans now? You do know there already are no tariffs on soybeans sold to the EU. You know this, don't you? So that shouldn't be what he is claiming. Which doesn't mean he won't claim to have reduced or eliminated tariffs on things that don't have them...