Airbus hit as new US tariffs come into force

Re:Airbus hit as new US tariffs come into force by fuoqi on Tuesday January 12, 2021 @01:33PM (#25751280)

It's funny to hear about "fairness" from EU, when it also tries to weasel out of tariff agreements with so called "anti-dumping measures" [0] and, after that attempt has failed, now it tries to do the same with "carbon tax" [1]. The latter is sold to public as a care about climate change, but as argued by many in reality it's simply a new form of tariff in the ongoing world trade war to offset serious inefficiencies brought by wide adoption of solar and wind energy with simultaneous drastic reduction of nuclear capacity.

[0]: https://www.reuters.com/article/us-trade-wto-eu-russia-idUSK... [1]: https://www.wto.org/english/news_e/news20_e/good_11jun20_e.h...

[ Parent | on HN ]

Re:Airbus hit as new US tariffs come into force by gridder on Tuesday January 12, 2021 @01:47PM (#25751484)

It was a reality check, not looking for fairness, you cannot compare apple to oranges. In that case I would have spoken about the Italians, who do not produce any plane, nor tax any big tech, but their wines and cheeses are fu*ed no matter what. Also the US consumers should not be happy to pay more for good quality food. Regarding your points you’re probably right, but I hope that without trump, the rest of the world will kind of revert back to more fairness.

[ Parent | on HN ]