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Re:US Administration announces 34% tariffs on China – 20% on EU by gman83 on Thursday April 03, 2025 @04:20AM (#43566539)
This whole "the EU fining us for breaking EU law is a tariff" narrative is such BS. The big tech companies just don't like the privacy & consumer protection laws in the EU so now they're getting the US government to help them bully the EU into submission.
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Re:US Administration announces 34% tariffs on China – 20% on EU by orwin on Thursday April 03, 2025 @04:33AM (#43566646)
Yes, criminals get fined, I don't understand why part of the HN crowd support criminals that much.
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Re:US Administration announces 34% tariffs on China – 20% on EU by robertlagrant on Thursday April 03, 2025 @09:04AM (#43569024)
The fines are not all crime-related. They don't come out of a criminal court.
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Re:US Administration announces 34% tariffs on China – 20% on EU by orwin on Thursday April 03, 2025 @02:29PM (#43573551)
In my country, any fine > 135€ have to be given by a judge. If you want to discriminate between 'crime' and 'offense', be my guest, breaking the law get you fined, respect it, you'll be fine.
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