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Old 07-03-2018, 23:42   #632
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Re: President Trump & U.S Election 2016 Investigation

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Originally Posted by Damien View Post
It’s the other way around. The EU is imposing tariffs in response to Trump’s tariffs on steel.
The best solution is to negotiate a deal as Canada did.
Knee-jerk reactions just don't help the US; we saw recently that Electrolux suspended work on a new factory there because of the potential US tariffs on steel which would increase the costs of all steel sold in the USA, not just imported steel. https://www.tennessean.com/story/new...eel/391059002/

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Originally Posted by RizzyKing View Post
Sanctions on Russia have been quite successful if nothing else Putin has had to slash the defence budget alienating quite a few high ranking military officers as the cuts have meant much reduced orders for new equipment and the combat readiness in all but a few showpiece formations is continuing to plummet. It has also limited the ways Russia interferes in sovereign states on it's borders all is not well within Russia despite what the official propaganda and paid social media trolls might try to pretend.
You're right but thanks to Trump not implementing Congress's sanctions (why bite the hand that feeds?) there's little disincentive for Russia not to meddle in the US's affairs via social media.
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