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Wicked Blue

(8,535 posts) Tue Jan 20, 2026, 11:41 PM 8 hrs ago

Global markets on alert as Europe to suspend approval of US trade deal

Source: BBC

The European Parliament is planning to suspend approval of the US trade deal agreed in July, according to sources close to its international trade committee.

The suspension is set to be announced in Strasbourg, France on Wednesday.

The move would mark another escalation in tensions between the US and Europe, as Donald Trump ratchets up his efforts to acquire Greenland, threatening new tariffs over the issue on the weekend.

The stand-off has rattled financial markets, reviving talk of a trade war and the possibility of retaliation against the US for its trade measures.

Read more: https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/c4gwp2me3gzo

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Global markets on alert as Europe to suspend approval of US trade deal (Original Post) Wicked Blue 8 hrs ago OP

We are fucked so many ways. OAITW r.2.0 7 hrs ago #1

Not yet. When they start selling all $3.4T in US Bonds (about 10% of our debt), that's when we're screwed. n/t aggiesal 5 hrs ago #2

I'm not doubting you but I'm confused of the mechanism that leaves us screwed if they sell them? AZJonnie 3 hrs ago #4

Remember the Epstein Files. C Moon 4 hrs ago #3

OAITW r.2.0

(31,625 posts)

1. We are fucked so many ways.

Reply to Wicked Blue (Original post)

Tue Jan 20, 2026, 11:45 PM

7 hrs ago

Aero/Auto/Farmers/Cities facing ICE invasion. When will we figure it out? Smarter minds might subsume this Country, because smarter people understand the 21st Century.

aggiesal

(10,582 posts)

2. Not yet. When they start selling all $3.4T in US Bonds (about 10% of our debt), that's when we're screwed. n/t

Reply to OAITW r.2.0 (Reply #1)

Wed Jan 21, 2026, 02:32 AM

5 hrs ago

AZJonnie

(2,967 posts)

4. I'm not doubting you but I'm confused of the mechanism that leaves us screwed if they sell them?

Reply to aggiesal (Reply #2)

Wed Jan 21, 2026, 03:57 AM

3 hrs ago

Is it kinda like if want to sell my house and get the most equity out of it as possible but suddenly 10% of the people in my city put their homes up for sale at the same time, I'd be screwed as it would drive the value of my home way down?

C Moon

(13,506 posts)

3. Remember the Epstein Files.

Reply to Wicked Blue (Original post)

Wed Jan 21, 2026, 02:51 AM

4 hrs ago

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