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Kevin Hjortshøj O’Rourke @kevinhorourke.bsky.social

If this is accurate, then unless the EU eliminates all tariffs on industrial imports from all its WTO partners, it will be joining Trump in destroying the international trade rules that have applied since WW2. The difference being that while Trump hates the rule-based order the EU claims to value it

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Kevin Hjortshøj O’Rourke @kevinhorourke.bsky.social

A strategic disaster for the EU, given how it has always positioned itself on the world stage, given the importance of the rules-based order in maintaining world stability, and given the risks to that stability in an era of Putin, Xi, and Trump.

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    Kevin Hjortshøj O’Rourke @kevinhorourke.bsky.social

    It may be that the EU walks back from this decision in the face of popular opposition. But if it doesn't then history will not be kind to those responsible. This is not about the interests of this or that industry, it is about something much much bigger that risks resonating down the decades.

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