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Cake day: November 17th, 2025

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  • I feel somehow this community (or the instance?) is sponsored by China, and OP is the poster in chief.

    Edit for an addition as this is a clickbait headline that doesn’t match the article’s (weak) content. It says:

    Chinese manufacturers have built “tariff-proof” routes into Europe by expanding production in third countries such as Morocco, where Chinese battery and EV supply-chain firms have started manufacturing specifically to serve European demand and reduce exposure to Brussels tariffs. That could also weaken the impact of any minimum-price agreements if those rules apply mainly to China-made vehicles.

    If you scroll through OP’s post history you’ll recognize a similar pattern.




  • Maybe we’ll see a future of several global trade blocs with Cold War-like trade restrictions for dual-use goods between these blocs, accompanied by a tit-for-tat trade rather than deeper trade agreements?

    Maybe the EU will have some free trade agreements (Canada, Australia, New Zealand, Japan, South Korean,and maybe some countries in Asia, Africa, and Latin America like the Mercosur members), and more tit-for-tat trade with all others?

    Not necessarily ‘de-coupling’ but ‘de-risking.’ For Europe this would definitely mean EV, solar panels, cloud infrastructure, and other critical products will be made in Europe?

    If this is the way, it will be not easy for Europe, but a disaster for China and the US in the long run as they rely heavily on Europe in their product trade and service industries, respectively.

    Just my 2 cents.





















  • It would be great if the EU would not reverse the ban, but I am afraid that Spain’s PM Sanchez isn’t doing that for some economic or environmental reason. He’s just fighting for his political survival, and topics like EVs and tge Gaza war helps him to distract from the corruption scandals of his government, close party allies, and family members. And ‘Sweden’s’ Volvo Cars is majorily owned by Geeky from China, a country that Sanchez considers a Spanish ally and investor (so human rights are not Sanchez’s thing it seems).