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OK, folks, this is potentially very serious: Trump may be about to impose tariffs on European cars in the name of national security. This would be a disaster on multiple levels 1/ handelsblatt.com/today/politics…
It would be really disruptive, so much so that the US auto industry is opposed -- it would mess up their supply chains, while providing little in additional sales 2/
And the abuse of the national security loophole -- this is absurd, and everyone knows it – would basically mean that the US is showing contempt for trade agreements 3/
And, of course, these are our most important democratic allies – or possibly, in a few months's time, former allies 4/
