Trade war: Is August escalation on - or will Trump chicken out?

I liked the article except for this:

But are markets are in for a shock, especially when it comes to the fight with America's single largest trading partner, the European Union? It was created, Mr Trump has previously claimed, to "screw" the United States.

Really dislike this wording

But are markets are in for a shock, especially when it comes to the fight with America's single largest trading partner, the European Union? An entity Mr trump claims was created to "screw" the United States

So much clearer

Also as an American, I truly hope the EU doesn't back down. The only way to respond to bullies is to fight back imo.

Been selecting vendors for a new factory. I've been actively avoiding US vendors, we landed on a German one and Jesus Christ is the pricing, service, and honestly general knowledge is far far superior to any US vendor. This is of course vendor domain specific but has been my experience for all of our US vendors across 6-12 pieces of equipment. My business is located in the US of course.

Whether he does TACO or not depends on the next tariff dice roll he does.

Well he is taco

If he imposes 50% on copper I'm gonna lose my shit. Our business is already in the toilet and this will be a death blow. Fuck this asshole.