the outrage is kinda cute, especially from the EU, which itself is a gigantic protectionist
its not only about tariffs

just to name one example, the EU uses very restrictive and specific regulations to constrain the flow of agricultural products from america coming to europe, otherwise food could be cheaper for all of us (needless to say the EU got pressured into it to keep prices high, like the lobbyist and corrupt sinkhole it is)

The number 1 reason why the US has such a large trade deficit is because we buy a ton of imports from other countries, not because we are getting ripped off. Economists have demonstrated that free trade is the best policy for everyone.

I'd rather not have my chicken washed with bleach thank you very much.

me neither, why am i not suprised that you had to choose the most extreme example of them all



i didnt say any of that
retard

This post was edited by ampoo on May 31 2018 03:10pm

Exactly because it is the most extreme example.You can turn the entire issue around as well. The US could export to the EU if they complied with our standards. Then it wouldn't be a problem.

- choosing just one issue of an overall balanced trade relationship to pretend poor america is taken advantage of (as a european mind you, trump love is strong).
- gets mad when this one example gets completely obliterated with one simple example.

irony ofc completely lost on them...

EU regulations go far beyond these standards, the well known german economist hans werner sinn explained as much nicely in an interview recently
even regular apples and potatoes are regulated in a way that makes it impossible for american products to compete on the market

i am the last guy, who wants food that is not the quality that we consider good

by the way, less developed countries suffer a lot from that as well, they cant enter the european market for the sake of european producers keeping prices high

https://ec.europa.eu/agriculture/sites/agriculture/files/potatoes/fact-sheet_en.pdf

this states how only "registered" potatoes are allowed to be on the market



is it fun following people around, showing your stupidity with every post without EVER posting an argument

you are sick

This post was edited by ampoo on May 31 2018 03:26pm

free trade is the best policy for maximizing the gdp/the economic output. nontheless, free trade is of course producing losers who are worse off, and it is of course NOT proven that completely unrestricted free trade is the best economic policy in a utilitarian sense.

free trade maxes the gdp, but some other policy might yield a society with a higher average utility/standard of living/a better distribution of wealth.

Yeah. We gave away our manufacturing in the mid 80's. My guess would be that we did this to protect the environment, or the agriculture of the US.
You can see the result, China is literally the pollution capital of the world.
I think we should have tried to split the difference, instead.