Common imports from the US. Be aware and check the origin! : buyfromeu

[–] xkbx@startrek.website 29 points 2 years ago (1 children)

I thought The Cranberries were from Ireland

[–] NichtElias@feddit.org 14 points 2 years ago

I think that's just in your head

[+] Lemmist@lemm.ee 13 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago) (1 children)

[deleted]

[–] Successful_Try543@feddit.org 10 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago) (1 children)

Also, according to this comment it's likely Georgia in US producing pecans, not Georgia in the Caucasus mountains.

[–] chatokun@lemmy.dbzer0.com 7 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago)

USian here... Iirc we're losing a ton of water on the West side of the country due to farms in California, and one of the biggest culprits is almonds. Boycotting American almonds may end up being good for the US as well, since our ruling class is too stupid to stop themselves.

[–] casmael@lemm.ee 6 points 2 years ago (1 children)

Dates as well, medjool variety often comes from the us iirc

[–] Hazematman@lemmy.ca 6 points 2 years ago (1 children)

Would be really happy if Canada was a future EU member 🤞 but this doesn't instill much confidence https://www.politico.eu/article/canadians-want-join-european-union-will-never-happen-paula-pinho/ 😔

[–] Mysterious_Tea@feddit.org -1 points 2 years ago (1 children)

EU was created to prevent future wars in the European continent, and several countries like Morocco or Turkey were rejected on simple geographical ground.

It’s not a bandwagon where every guy scared of Trump can join.

[–] Swedneck@discuss.tchncs.de 0 points 2 years ago

why do people think things can't change from what they were when they were created? there's 0 reason whatsoever that should have any relevance today.

The EU is what ever EU members want it to be, it's that simple. And i for one want canada to join the EU.

[–] chmod755@feddit.org 2 points 2 years ago (1 children)

I don't believe Canada can be a EU member, but we can make good trade agreements with them

[–] Swedneck@discuss.tchncs.de 1 points 2 years ago

australia and israel are in eurovision song contest, so anything's possible.

[+] Zacryon@feddit.org 1 points 2 years ago

[deleted]

[+] Mysterious_Tea@feddit.org 1 points 2 years ago

[deleted]

[+] Torro@feddit.org 0 points 2 years ago

[deleted]

[–] NewDay@feddit.org -2 points 2 years ago (1 children)

Stop labeling Canada as a future member of the EU. It will never happen. The canadian population do not know that they will lose many things, such as their own currency. They just know that the EU is a free trade zone and a defense partnership.

[–] BigShammy80@feddit.org 17 points 2 years ago (1 children)

You can be EU Member with your own currency 🤷‍♂️

[–] NewDay@feddit.org -2 points 2 years ago

They have to work to fulfill all requirements to adopt the Euro. Juncker in 17 “I have no intention of forcing countries to join the euro if they are not willing or not able to do so”. He softened the politics about the currency. There will be a President of the European Commission who will not be so kind and soft. Ursula von der Leyen did not talk about this politics at all.

[–] OccamsRazer@lemmy.world -3 points 2 years ago (1 children)

Yes, boycott the united states to support... Iran?

[+] skaphle@social.tchncs.de -9 points 2 years ago (3 children)

@LongestPath I wonder, why boycott everything? Should the people who suffer under #Trump be punished too? Seems like strange nationalist rhetoric to #BuyFromEU.

I mean I agree to boycott big business, especially big tech and everything owned by billionaires. It's just that a lot of European brands are owned by billionaires too who are just as bad, they just didn't explicitly get handed the keys to the government (yet).

[–] NocturnalEngineer@lemmy.world 9 points 2 years ago (1 children)

As a democracy voted, the US voted for Trump - this is exactly what was signposted in Project 2025 & his campaign trails. We've another 4 years of this tariff bullshit, and his threats to annex Canada / Greenland, and him siding with Putin.

This isn't punishment, this is the EU not siding with the bullies. If you don't like the situation, use your power as a US voter and make your voice heard.

You've absolutely got a point about billionaires. None of them should be trusted. But right now the biggest threat are the billionaires controlling social media + tech, which are predominantly US based.

[–] Mysterious_Tea@feddit.org 5 points 2 years ago

Do not draw parallelisms with Trump's newnazi regime and Europe. Here we do not allow big tech to enter government and make nazi salutes.

[–] LongestPath@feddit.org 3 points 2 years ago

I see your point, however, imo, buyers in EU can signal (with their purchases) that Trump's words/actions have real (financial) consequences, and then those EU/US billionaires (who are benefiting from cross continent trade) would pressure him to stop doing what he is doing...