Depends on how you count I think. The lower tariff does almost nothing in offsetting the big drop in EU trade, so in pure economic terms it would have been better to have the full tariff but be a member of the EU. Kind of like dropping £100 and then seeing finding 10p a benefit.

China is also opening new coal plants iirc. A few years ago I heard that if my home country (Sweden) stopped all co2 emissions today, the co2 savings would have been wiped out in a week, by China opening new coal plants.

The US might have gone dumb, but that does not make China good.

Feel free to cross post. I just put up content that I find interesting and that I think others might also want to check out.

Do it have to have an account on piefeed to post there?

Caveat, is that a synonym for felon?

Everything has benefits and drawbacks, question is if the benefits outweigh the drawbacks. I think it does personally, because a strong EU can stand up to the US and China.

Down almost 5% from western Europe in 2025. I thought (hoped?) that the drop would have been bigger.

Can we please stop voting articles down just because we disagree about the subject at hand?

Agreed. I’m not a fan of militarism, but it’s pretty clear that Pax Americana is over, so we need our own defence industry. Sad as it is.

I2p?