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Re:US Administration announces 34% tariffs on China – 20% on EU by MrBuddyCasino on Thursday April 03, 2025 @07:05AM (#43567851)
I'm not a history buff, are you alluding to anything?
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Re:US Administration announces 34% tariffs on China – 20% on EU by lostlogin on Thursday April 03, 2025 @07:27AM (#43568056)
Last century there was the big two, World War One and World War Two. If you go back further it’s more complicated, but the short answer is that Germanic states got into wars with their neighbours a lot. The Wikipedia article has categories.

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_wars_involving_Germa...

https://historyguy.com/How_Many_Wars_Were_Fought_Between_Fra...

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Re:US Administration announces 34% tariffs on China – 20% on EU by switch007 on Thursday April 03, 2025 @07:49AM (#43568262)
To be fair, everyone was warring. War was normal

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_wars_involving_the_Uni...

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Re:US Administration announces 34% tariffs on China – 20% on EU by lostlogin on Thursday April 03, 2025 @08:10AM (#43568492)
It was normal and Germany/Prussia was good at it.
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Re:US Administration announces 34% tariffs on China – 20% on EU by MrBuddyCasino on Thursday April 03, 2025 @08:29AM (#43568660)
Oh wow, I had no idea! I recommend googling "Adolf Hitler" also.
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