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HistoPol (#HP) 🏴 🇺🇸 🏴<p><span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://mstdn.social/@GreenFire" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@<span>GreenFire</span></a></span> </p><p><a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/USpol" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>USpol</span></a></p><p><a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/StopMAGA" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>StopMAGA</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/CEUM" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>CEUM</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Resist" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Resist</span></a></p><p>(2/2) </p><p>... they all banded together and formed a new <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/FreeTradeArea" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>FreeTradeArea</span></a>, based on current <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/FTA" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>FTA</span></a>'s and, in part, a new <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/DefenseUnion" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>DefenseUnion</span></a>? --I've dubbed this <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/CEUM" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>CEUM</span></a> for <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Canada" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Canada</span></a>, <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Europe" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Europe</span></a>, and <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Mexico" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Mexico</span></a>.1) The <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/EU" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>EU</span></a>'s new deal with <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Mercosur" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Mercosur</span></a> could also be a nice extension and would help to fend off the West's (real) <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/YellowPeril" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>YellowPeril</span></a> in the <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Americas" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Americas</span></a>.</p><p>Once the <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/MAGATs" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>MAGATs</span></a> are out off office again, a "sanitized" <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/US" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>US</span></a> can join, too. </p><p>//</p><p>1)<br><a href="https://mastodon.social/@HistoPol/114117431593363706" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">mastodon.social/@HistoPol/1141</span><span class="invisible">17431593363706</span></a></p>
HistoPol (#HP) 🏴 🇺🇸 🏴<p><span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://mastodon.social/@Snowshadow" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@<span>Snowshadow</span></a></span> </p><p><a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/CETA" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>CETA</span></a><br><a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/GeoPol" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>GeoPol</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/TrumpCoup" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>TrumpCoup</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/TrumpTariffs" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>TrumpTariffs</span></a><br><a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/USpol" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>USpol</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/CANpoli" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>CANpoli</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/EUpol" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>EUpol</span></a></p><p>You are very welcome.</p><p>Do you think such a Euro-North-American <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/FreeTradeArea" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>FreeTradeArea</span></a>, omitting the <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/MAGAmerica" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>MAGAmerica</span></a>, would get a majority in <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Canada" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Canada</span></a>?</p><p>My idea is to start deepening it towards a <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/DefenseUnion" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>DefenseUnion</span></a> and other areas, similar to precursors of the <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/EU" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>EU</span></a>. </p><p><a href="https://mastodon.social/@HistoPol/114117727396917718" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">mastodon.social/@HistoPol/1141</span><span class="invisible">17727396917718</span></a></p>
HistoPol (#HP) 🏴 🇺🇸 🏴<p><span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://ec.social-network.europa.eu/@EUCommission" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@<span>EUCommission</span></a></span> <span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://respublicae.eu/@EUCouncil" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@<span>EUCouncil</span></a></span> </p><p><a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/CEUM" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>CEUM</span></a><br><a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/CETA" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>CETA</span></a><br><a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/GeoPol" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>GeoPol</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/TrumpCoup" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>TrumpCoup</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/TrumpTariffs" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>TrumpTariffs</span></a><br><a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/USpol" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>USpol</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/CANpoli" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>CANpoli</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/EUpol" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>EUpol</span></a></p><p>(6/n)</p><p>... security wise deteriorating global environment.</p><p>👉How to integrate swiftly: <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/CEUN" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>CEUN</span></a>👈</p><p>A new <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/FreeTradeArea" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>FreeTradeArea</span></a> (<a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/FTA" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>FTA</span></a>) encompassing <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Canada" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Canada</span></a>, <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Europe" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Europe</span></a>, and <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Mexico" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Mexico</span></a> could offset the <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/TrumpTradeWars" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>TrumpTradeWars</span></a> induced <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Recession" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Recession</span></a> going forward.</p><p>Time is of the essence. <br>It might be an idea to ratify <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/CETA" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>CETA</span></a> and the newly renegotiated <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/GlobalAgreementWithMexico" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>GlobalAgreementWithMexico</span></a> ASAP. <br>Then, a deepening of this FTA, similar to...</p>
HistoPol (#HP) 🏴 🇺🇸 🏴<p><span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://mastodon.ie/@faduda" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@<span>faduda</span></a></span> <span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://mastodon.social/@TCatInReality" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@<span>TCatInReality</span></a></span> </p><p><a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Trade" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Trade</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/EU" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>EU</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/UK" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>UK</span></a></p><p>(1/2)</p><p>Maybe we got carried away here a bit. Apart from some exotic taxes (excise tax, perhaps?), there shouldn't be any custom duties, as the <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/EU" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>EU</span></a> and <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/UK" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>UK</span></a> formed a <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/FreeTradeArea" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>FreeTradeArea</span></a> by signing the EU–UK Trade and Cooperation Agreement (<a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/TCA" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>TCA</span></a>):</p><p>"Trade in goods: 👉Trade in goods between the EU and UK shall not be subject to any <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/tariffs" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>tariffs</span></a> or <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/quotas" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>quotas</span></a>.👈 Traders can self-certify compliance with agreed rules of origin. However, as a...</p><p><a href="https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/EU%E2%80%93UK_Trade_and_Cooperation_Agreement" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/EU%E2%</span><span class="invisible">80%93UK_Trade_and_Cooperation_Agreement</span></a></p>