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[–] nul42@lemmy.ca 45 points 2 days ago (4 children)

He has not cut trade. He said he is going to cut trade.

[–] Voroxpete@sh.itjust.works 12 points 1 day ago (1 children)

And unless he's willing to cut all trade with the EU, he can't. The EU's unified trade policy says that you can only trade with one member on the same terms that you trade with all other members.

[–] RestrictedAccount@lemmy.world 1 points 1 day ago (1 children)

The US doesn’t really trade with Spain. American citizens and corporations do.

On what legal authority does he think he can control what Americans do?

[–] Voroxpete@sh.itjust.works 2 points 1 day ago

The legal authority part is far less of an issue. Governments have the power to control what does or does not cross their borders. Trump's authority in that regard isn't infinite, but he does have access to a number of legal mechanisms that could likely enable, at the very least, a temporary pause on trade. It would likely turn into another supreme court fight like the stuff with the tariffs. But, perversely, shutting off trade entirely with a country, rather than tariffing it, is actually more likely to fall within the framing of the IEEPA, for one thing. It grants the president the authority to "regulate" trade under certain conditions. It was ruled that this doesn't include tariffs - that's a power of Congress - but simply saying "Nothing crosses our border" might actually be a more clear cut case of "regulating" (ie, controlling).

[–] clav64@lemmy.world 12 points 2 days ago* (last edited 2 days ago)

This is important. He says a lot of shit, and it just goes no where. His base though.... They don't read. They repeat and echo the headlines.

[–] 0_o7@lemmy.dbzer0.com 6 points 1 day ago

This is the "art of the deal" for a toddler who's been accustomed to no one calling their bluff.

I just hope Spain doesn't concede.

[–] nexguy@lemmy.world 4 points 2 days ago (1 children)
[–] SFX@lemmy.world 2 points 1 day ago

That's a hilarious autocorrection.