The Daily Populous Wednesday April 9th, 2025 day edition
Authored by politico.eu and submitted by teamfairies

Dig deeper, and it turns out the EU’s trade nerds have stirred some unaccustomed creativity into their expert knowledge of obscure customs codes, while channeling a helping of passive aggression to inflict pain on Trump’s base.

EU countries are set to vote on the new duties on Wednesday, with no major opposition expected.

Once they’ve approved the list (which is technically made up of multiple lists), the first set of tariffs on goods such as cranberries or orange juice, which the EU initially imposed in 2018 during the first Trump presidency but suspended in 2021, will take effect on April 15.

A 25 percent duty will then kick in from May 16 on a second batch of imported items such as steel, meat, white chocolate and polyethylene. Finally, a 25 percent duty on almonds and soybeans will take effect Dec. 1. (Leave it to the Commission to build some suspense.)

Overall, EU duties are set to hit up to $13.5 billion worth of exports from red states, according to POLITICO's analysis of 2024 trade data.

Let’s start with the EU’s No. 1 target — soybeans, the most valuable item on the bloc’s hit list, a product whose economic and symbolic significance for the Republican Party's heartlands cannot be overstated.

whoibehmmm on April 9th, 2025 at 02:51 UTC »

It fills me with a warm, fuzzy feeling when they specifically call out the red states. They know who to blame.

Little-Local-2003 on April 9th, 2025 at 02:44 UTC »

Today. Musk said: “Navarro is truly a moron” Also he said: “Navarro is dumber than a sack of bricks” and later said: “I apologize to bricks”

Cgg1974 on April 9th, 2025 at 02:36 UTC »

Hit them hard. Trump just said countries are calling him and kissing his ass wanting to make a deal. Every country needs to stand strong together against him.