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Germany could take the United States to court if Washington goes ahead with plans to tax imports, Economy Minister Brigitte Zypries said Friday, hours before Chancellor Angela Merkel’s first meeting with Donald Trump.

Go judge shopping like the RATs do. I hear Hawaii is lovely this time of year.

[TheTimeOfMan]

Piss on the WTO. I am all for free trade. But real free trade means just that - reciprocity.

China slaps US goods with 500-600% tariffs and has for years. Even US branded goods MADE IN CHINA have to pay that. Other countries plays games like declaring US products ‘unsafe’. Saw this constantly first hand when I worked overseas for Uncle Sugar.

I say raise tariffs with each country until there is a trade balance with that country - unless a particular country actually allows free trade with us and there are only a handful of those.