this post was submitted on 29 Mar 2025
537 points (99.1% liked)

Buy European

4785 readers
980 users here now

Overview:

The community to discuss buying European goods and services.

Matrix Chat

Rules:

  • Be kind to each other, and argue in good faith. No direct insults nor disrespectful and condescending comments.

  • Do not use this community to promote Nationalism/Euronationalism. This community is for discussing European products/services and news related to that. For other topics the following might be of interest:

  • Include a disclaimer at the bottom of the post if you're affiliated with the recommendation.

  • No russian suggestions.

Feddit.uk's instance rules apply:

  • No racism, sexism, homophobia, transphobia or xenophobia
  • No incitement of violence or promotion of violent ideologies
  • No harassment, dogpiling or doxxing of other users
  • Do not share intentionally false or misleading information
  • Do not spam or abuse network features.
  • Alt accounts are permitted, but all accounts must list each other in their bios.

Benefits of Buying Local:

local investment, job creation, innovation, increased competition, more redundancy.

European Instances

Lemmy:

Matrix:

Related Communities:

Buy Local:

Continents:

European

Buying and Selling:

Boycott:

Countries:

Companies:

Stop Publisher Kill Switch in Games Practice:

Banner credits: BYTEAlliance

founded 2 months ago
MODERATORS
maam@feddit.uk
alex@jlai.lu
circledot@feddit.org
Argyle13@lemmy.world
Sunshine@feddit.is
Sunshine@lemmy.ca
buyeuropean@lemmy.ca
buyeuropean@feddit.org
lazycog@feddit.uk
537
Economists, is this trade balance analysis correct? (europe.pub)
submitted 4 days ago by Blaze@feddit.nl to c/buyeuropean@feddit.uk
40 comments fedilink hide all child comments
 

Source: https://tradingeconomics.com/united-states/balance-of-trade

all 42 comments
sorted by: hot top controversial new old
[โ€“] TrickDacy@lemmy.world 112 points 4 days ago (2 children)

I will rejoice the day I read his obituary. Fuck this stupid fat arrogant ignorant lying grifter who makes the human race look stupider by merely being allowed a moment to speak his lies. My country will be ashamed for the rest of its short life if we make it long enough for the maga morons to die off.

The apprentice fucking sucked as a show. People literally only liked it because he was a stupid asshole on it. I'm barely okay with a show like that existing, let alone its essence dominating billions of lives in a terrible way.

[โ€“] AngryCommieKender@lemmy.world 36 points 4 days ago (1 children)

The Apprentice is the only thing he did that ever actually made money. All his other "businesses," he grifted into bankruptcy.

[โ€“] hitmyspot@aussie.zone 46 points 4 days ago

Because it wasn't his business. He was a paid 'actor'. It was as real as other reality TV. Unfortunately, he believed it to be true and his confidence inspired confidence. Hence the term.

[โ€“] Pirata@lemm.ee 26 points 4 days ago* (last edited 4 days ago) (1 children)

Seriously. I'd be ashamed of being a Trump supporter and show my face in public. So embarrassing.

And even more so now that it's pretty clear that he's barely sentient and Musk is the actual poorly hidden shadow president.

[โ€“] TrickDacy@lemmy.world 9 points 4 days ago

Yep. The only excuse they had was "economy" which he is fucking royally.

[โ€“] TheGiantKorean@lemmy.world 64 points 4 days ago* (last edited 4 days ago) (2 children)

"Biden did it"

-Conservatives, probably

[โ€“] MouldyCat@feddit.uk 42 points 4 days ago

Meanwhile, in the Kremlin...

collapsed inline media

[โ€“] Gloomy@mander.xyz 13 points 3 days ago* (last edited 3 days ago) (3 children)

Not probably. It's their point. Like, for real.

President Trump is Undoing Bidenโ€™s Economic Damage

[โ€“] Obi@sopuli.xyz 7 points 3 days ago

Holy shit what a load of crap, published on your official government website no less. Anyone with half a brain can clearly see this is utter bullshit, but I'm sure the magats drink this up..

[โ€“] grranibal@lemmy.zip 4 points 3 days ago

Yayyyyy cheaper stoves, exactly what American people needed

[โ€“] chocosoldier@lemmy.blahaj.zone 3 points 3 days ago

literal state propaganda

[โ€“] Sunshine@lemmy.ca 53 points 4 days ago (2 children)

And people thought Trump would be good for the economy ๐Ÿคฆโ€โ™€๏ธ

[โ€“] TrickDacy@lemmy.world 41 points 4 days ago (1 children)

No one with a firing neuron did. Anyone who said that couldn't have come close to winning an argument with a person whose brain works and knows the first fucking thing about economics. And the bar was low. You just needed to understand that costs get passed on to the end consumer.

[โ€“] HubertManne@piefed.social 3 points 3 days ago

winning is a perspective. they think they won arguments all the time.

[โ€“] SunshineJogger@feddit.org 17 points 4 days ago

It's so weird how too many still think he has some kind of plan that will benefit the country.

At this point it looks to me as if trump is actually a saboteur and as soon as he has done as much damage as possible to USA and nato and all others he can he will flee to Russia

[โ€“] KulunkelBoom@lemm.ee 53 points 4 days ago (1 children)

First: consolidate the military so they won't rise against you and so you can use them as your internal police force.

Second: tumble the economy causing fear and uncertainty in the population. It won't affect the leaders - only the lower classes. The military will be used to keep order.

(the first two entries in "how to topple governments" by vlad putin)

[โ€“] Eheran@lemmy.world 4 points 3 days ago

You also need to do some inside jobs to unit against the outside enemy. And be sure to be very incompetent and say that those other bombs were just tests.

[โ€“] vaguerant@fedia.io 50 points 4 days ago (4 children)

Why we throwing shade on fat legs?

[โ€“] dynamoMaus@feddit.org 29 points 4 days ago* (last edited 4 days ago)

So they don't get sunburned?! - obviously...

[โ€“] moistclump@lemmy.world 9 points 4 days ago

My first thought was โ€œhey now, this seems a little unfair to bimbos.โ€

[โ€“] yumpsuit@lemmy.world 7 points 3 days ago

thick thighs save lives

[โ€“] Tarquinn2049@lemmy.world 1 points 4 days ago

I think just given the crowd that tends to visit a trump casino, it could be seen as a poor business decision? I mean... underage kids don't tend to have fat legs.... so....

[โ€“] karashta@piefed.social 30 points 4 days ago* (last edited 4 days ago) (3 children)

Why must it be balanced?

Americans import more than we export. They use the word "deficit" to make it scary.

These other countries would prefer having our money and financial instruments rather than the actual goods and services they are providing to us.

They are giving us actual things for the money the fed creates ex nihilo.

This is not the same thing as pointing out we should have local manufacturing and reduce reliance on global supply chains.

I'm not defending the Orange Doofus, just tired of seeing these debates being fought through the wrong lens.

[โ€“] lemmyman@lemmy.world 32 points 4 days ago

A trade deficit is not, itself, a problem. That is the mainstream thinking in economics.

But Trump himself has railed against the US trade deficit, so it is meaningful to point out that he is making it larger.

[โ€“] Wanpieserino@lemm.ee 12 points 4 days ago

We sell you items for euros. You give us USD for our euros. You spend the euros on what we produce.

We use your USDs to buy your companies.

Your population continues to buy our production..

Cycle continues

That's how China is buying stakes everywhere

[โ€“] 9point6@lemmy.world 30 points 4 days ago (1 children)

It's funny you can pretty easily identify the different presidencies in the chart without looking at the years

[โ€“] adeoxymus@lemmy.world 7 points 4 days ago (1 children)

What do you mean? I donโ€™t think I see them? I do see Covid and 2008 financial crisis, but thatโ€™s about it.

[โ€“] meliante@lemm.ee 5 points 4 days ago (1 children)

COVID, sure. What's the mark then?

[โ€“] Typotyper@sh.itjust.works 2 points 4 days ago (1 children)

Iโ€™m thinking the 2022 mark is Ukraine. Middle of Bidenโ€™s term. But the US shipped weapons as gifts.

[โ€“] PleaseLetMeOut@lemm.ee 8 points 4 days ago* (last edited 4 days ago)

But the US shipped weapons as gifts.

The weapons are under the Lend-Lease Act so not gifts. And we're selling weapons like hotcakes thanks to the invasion (ie. making money.)

[โ€“] Oneser@lemm.ee 30 points 3 days ago* (last edited 3 days ago) (1 children)

I mean the logical explanation is that companies are filling up their warehouses as much as possible before the tarrifs hit. It's not like the US has suddenly tripled the amount of foreign goods it buys.

*Edit: weird typo.

[โ€“] OmegaLemmy@discuss.online 2 points 3 days ago

I listened to that explanation and it made a lot of sense, yeah.

[โ€“] LovableSidekick@lemmy.world 13 points 4 days ago

"Trade wars are easy to win!" - some jackass

[โ€“] wirebeads@lemmy.ca 10 points 4 days ago

Bound to happen when you voted in a man whoโ€™s a convicted rapist, twice.

[โ€“] CircaV@lemmy.ca 7 points 4 days ago

๐Ÿคฃ๐Ÿคฃ๐Ÿคฃ๐Ÿคฃ๐Ÿคฃ๐Ÿคฃ๐Ÿคฃ๐Ÿคฃ

collapsed inline media

[โ€“] kokolowlander@lemm.ee 6 points 4 days ago

Part of it was a massive influx of gold and copper imported in Q1.

[โ€“] DaddleDew@lemmy.world 3 points 4 days ago

"it's just an adaptation period!"

[โ€“] yournamehere@lemm.ee 1 points 4 days ago

just beautifull