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France’s Sarkozy Urges Tax On US Goods If Trump Exits Paris Deal
Posted on 11/15/16 at 2:45 pm
Posted on 11/15/16 at 2:45 pm
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Former French President Nicholas Sarkozy suggested Europe impose a carbon tax on all U.S. products if President-elect Donald Trump pulled the country out of the Paris climate change agreement.
Over 100 countries have ratified the 2015 Paris deal to curb carbon emissions in an effort to tackle climate change. Trump, a climate change denier, promised to withdraw from the agreement during his campaign.
Speaking to French broadcaster TF1, Sarkozy said late Sunday: “Donald Trump has said – we’ll see if he keeps this promise -- that he won’t respect the conclusions of the Paris climate agreement. Well, I will demand that Europe put in place a carbon tax at its border, a tax of 1-3 percent, for all products coming from the United States, if the United States doesn’t apply environmental rules that we are imposing on our companies.”
Sarkozy, who is running for presidency again, also reportedly warned that Europe cannot afford to be “weak” or “naïve” when it comes to free movement of people and trade, referring to Trump’s promises of putting the American worker first and preventing jobs from going to foreign employees.
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Posted on 11/15/16 at 2:50 pm to FrenchToast
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Europe cannot afford to be “weak” or “naïve” when it comes to free movement of people and trade, referring to Trump’s promises of putting the American worker first
Why shouldn't we put American people first for jobs? Anything else is absurd. And when did this whole free movement of people thing start? Why even have countries?
Posted on 11/15/16 at 2:50 pm to FrenchToast
I'm warning him, if he does that I'm giving up snails.
Posted on 11/15/16 at 2:52 pm to LSUGrrrl
quote:One world government, man. If there are no borders, everyone becomes a citizen of the world.
Why shouldn't we put American people first for jobs? Anything else is absurd. And when did this whole free movement of people thing start? Why even have countries?
Posted on 11/15/16 at 2:53 pm to FrenchToast
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a tax of 1-3 percent, for all products coming from the United States,
Cool. We'll do the same on all EU goods. Deal?
Posted on 11/15/16 at 2:55 pm to FrenchToast
Yeah well frick him that's not what LePen has to say.
Posted on 11/15/16 at 2:58 pm to FrenchToast
Pull all US troops out of "Old" Europe and tell them "you're on your own, bitches!" Threats generally work two ways.
Posted on 11/15/16 at 3:04 pm to FrenchToast
The nerve of these frickers. Let's make them pay their FAIR SHARE of our defense of them and see what they do then. Just a fair share would kill them. They are all funding their socialist and environmentalist programs off the savings they realize by not funding a military as it should be funded.
Posted on 11/15/16 at 3:04 pm to FrenchToast
Sarkozy had a lot to do with getting France to where it is today. Half Muslim and deteriorating fast.
Posted on 11/15/16 at 3:08 pm to FrenchToast
Just to remind everyone... America never ratified that treaty.
Obama signed it, but without the advice and consent of the senate, he was signing for himself but not the US.
I think in his first days in office Trump should submit the Paris treaty to the Senate for ratification and request a vote. Doing so would remind the world that we have not yet ratified the treaty (even though Obama said we did).
If the Senate rejects the treaty, then if any other nation attempts to impose tariffs they would likely be breaking existing trade agreements.
I considered it to be a horrible act for Obama to sign a document saying we had ratified that agreement, effectively lying to the rest of the world.
Obama signed it, but without the advice and consent of the senate, he was signing for himself but not the US.
I think in his first days in office Trump should submit the Paris treaty to the Senate for ratification and request a vote. Doing so would remind the world that we have not yet ratified the treaty (even though Obama said we did).
If the Senate rejects the treaty, then if any other nation attempts to impose tariffs they would likely be breaking existing trade agreements.
I considered it to be a horrible act for Obama to sign a document saying we had ratified that agreement, effectively lying to the rest of the world.
Posted on 11/15/16 at 3:08 pm to Numberwang
Maybe France should repay what they owe us from WW1. That would be a good starting point.
Posted on 11/15/16 at 3:09 pm to FrenchToast
France doesn't need imported goods. They make their own wine and cheese.
Posted on 11/15/16 at 3:10 pm to Fun Bunch
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Cool. We'll do the same on all EU goods. Deal?
Better yet, let's adopt a provision saying whatever tariff or tax they put on American goods, the U.S. will triple that rate for EU goods. And, until Sarkozy personally apologizes for being a douchebag, that rate will stay in effect regardless of whether the EU rescinds its tax.
This post was edited on 11/15/16 at 3:11 pm
Posted on 11/15/16 at 3:11 pm to FrenchToast
hasn't trump proposed quite a few tariffs on other countries?
Posted on 11/15/16 at 3:13 pm to FrenchToast
We should have left them to be overrun by a bunch of Jew hating extremists that wanted to enforce their own brand of fascism! Oh wait, they are doing that to themselves already.
Posted on 11/15/16 at 3:26 pm to aggressor
Someone needs remind this genius that the reason he isn't speaking German today is all the young Americans soldiers who died liberating France on June 06 1944.
Posted on 11/15/16 at 3:30 pm to Hawkeye95
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hasn't trump proposed quite a few tariffs on other countries?
He's also hardwired an xbox controller to the nuke switch and will NUKE EVERYONE!!!!!!
Calm down nancy.
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