As an American: fuck the US. Tax and fine the shit out of us. I'll go hungry for a bit if it means real consequences for these pieces of shit.
this post was submitted on 28 Mar 2025
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I'll go hungry for a bit if it means real consequences for these pieces of shit.
I don't get this logic... EU is not taxing you lol
Sorry. I read it like taxes on incoming American goods. From the US to EU. That would affect the economy of US based business and make things holistically worse by some amount for the business and would affect workers. Cuts, layoffs, etc...
Correct me where I'm wrong though. I make assumptions a lot and skim a lot more these days with all the news but I always like to be more informed.
Your comment made sense, the other person just didnโt seem able to make some very easy jumps(and then they sorta did but acted like it was their idea).
You are repeatinf regime talking points.
if American business loses even 1usd, that price will borne by the americans!!!!!
I mean sure it can happen but we also know that everything is already priced max it can be.
So first and for most, taxes, fines and tariffs are taken out from income of the corporate parasite. After that corporate gonna try to figure out how to steal from customer
WTF?
Cowards, who cares about Trumpโs feelings.
Nobody cares about Trump's feelings; but the EU should care about the very real consequences of a trade war on its citizens, as well as the citizens of the US. This stuff has consequences beyond one guy's feelings.
Agreed that they're cowards, though.
Trump is gonna do what he wants either way.
What about the consequences of letting American companies destroy Europe?
Well thatโs just embarrassing. I will remember this.
Add another stupid EU decision "bowing before Orange" to the huge pile.
We need to start shaming businesses and people who have "social media" on those platforms, like with X-Twitter.
How can they just "limit the fines"? Aren't they set by a court?
No i think it's more of a commission/ institute that fines them.
Ok, I would have thought they are somehow legally binding nonetheless
There is a ton of discretion given to agencies when they impose fines hence why lobby is so lucrative ;)
Would be a lot better if these were public cases with public hearings, I agree. I believe they do their research like a detective would, and then decide for themselves wether EU citizens were hurt and if so what percentage of the company would scare them enough to change their behaviour. There are laws on the maximum penalty and such, but weirdly enough these antitrust cases never seem very transparent to me.