Von der Leynova se sploh ni pogajala s Trumpom, želela mu je le ugoditi

Tole spodaj je ključ škandaloznega trgovinskega fiaska von der Leynove:

A reporter rightly asks Von Der Leyen “What are the US concessions? What is the US giving up in the deal”

VDL’s reply is that there was none because “the starting point was an imbalance, a surplus on our side, and a deficit on the US side [so] we wanted to rebalance the trade relation.”

This is who we have negotiating on the EU’s behalf: someone so thoroughly captured she’s repeating almost word for word Trump’s insane rhetoric that trade deficits are somehow proof America is a victim that deserves compensation.

Ja, gre za veleizdajo interesov Evropejcev.

Gliste, ki so navijale za evropsko podreditev Ameriki, zdaj licemerno kričijo “Škandal!”

Nekdanji belgijski predsednik vlade Guy Verhofstadt je bil med najglasnejšimi politiki, ki so v medijih navijali za aktivno nadaljevanje vojne v Ukrajini, da se EU odreže od ruskega plina, da EU nabije carine na uvoz iz Kitajske, da EU pošilja (ameriško) orožje v Ukrajino itd. Z vsemi temi akcijami, za katere je Verhofstadt glasno navijal, je EU postala manj suverena, bolj navezana na ZDA in z manj manevrskega prostora. Do točke, ko EU nima nobenega manevrskega prostora več, saji ji ostanejo samo še ZDA. S čimer ZDA dobijo popolno moč nad v kot stisnjeno EU.

No, in ta isti Verhofstadt zdaj kriči, da gre za škandalozni trgovinski sporazum, za dizaster. Toda natanko to ti sledi, če slediš navijaškim mnenjem tega istega Verhofstadta.

Spodaj je komentar nekoga, ki je Verhofstadtu pokazal, kje so vrata.

Oh, Guy… Guy, Guy, Guy.

This is YOUR fault.

YOU enthusiastically supported cutting Europe off from Russian gas, making yourself reliant on US energy, a big point of leverage Trump now uses.

YOU supported sending all Europe’s weapons to Ukraine, making yourself even more reliant on the US for your defence, a big point of leverage Trump now uses.

YOU are the ones imposing tariffs on China and generally moving to worsen relations with Beijing, making yourself even more reliant on trade with the US.

YOU keep removing your own leverage but then expect to get the same deals as if you still had it. CAKEISM at its most stupid.

You, you, you, you. YOUR FAULT.

In February, the Russian president said of European distaste for and conflict with President Trump: “Trump, with his character and persistence, will bring order there fairly quickly. And all of them—just watch, it will happen fast—will be sitting obediently at their master’s feet and sweetly wagging their tails.”

He was right. We all saw Princess Ursula Minor and Trump announce this deal. Sitting at her master’s feet, although thankfully not wagging her tail.

You people are pathetic. Flat track bullies.

And it’s YOUR fault, Guy.

Vir: Collingwood

Richard Werner o tem, kako se ustvarja denar iz nič

Richard Werner ima sicer kontroverzne poglede na nekatere stvari (kot je Covid), toda glede ustvarjanja denarja njegovi pogledi niso nič kaj kontroverzni (razen za nepoznavalce) in v skladu z dejanskim stanjem (čeprav učbeniki tega še niso absolvirali). Pred leti je o tem predaval na Finančni konferenci v Portorožu. Spodaj je zelo dober intervju z njim na to temo, o vlogi centralnih bank in o nevarnosti digitalne valute. 

Upor proti brezpogojni kapitulaciji EU

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Brezpogojna kapitulacija EU pred Ameriko: Kako je Ursula von der Leyen (vele)izdala Evropo

Če Evropska komisija v zameno za ta “deal” s Trumpom, ki bo Evropo stal več kot 2000 milijard evrov, ni dobila ničesar, se postavlja logično vprašanje: za koga v resnici dela Ursula von der Leyen? Za EU ali za ZDA? Čigav agent je UvdL? Kajti vsakogar z zdravim razumom ta Ursulin “deal” s Trumpom spominja na veleizdajo evropskih interesov.

If Europeans were paying attention (or being told the truth), they should be beyond appalled by this “deal”: https://bbc.com/news/articles/cx2xylk3d07o

It’s nothing more than one of the most expensive imperial tributes in history. Just a massive one-way transfer of wealth with no reciprocal benefits

The “deal” is:

  • The EU now gets charged 15% tariffs on its exports to the US when they commit to charging zero tariffs on US imports in the EU
  • The EU agrees to invest $600 billion in the US, for no other obvious reason than pleasing “daddy”
  • The EU will “purchase hundreds of billions of dollars of American military equipment”
  • The EU commits to buying 750 billion dollars worth of very expensive US LNG, specifically $250 billion for each of the next 3 years

In exchange for all these concessions and extraction of their wealth they get… nothing. I’m not even exaggerating, that IS the deal: the EU gets nothing.

This does not even remotely ressemble the type of agreements made by two equal sovereign powers. It rather looks like the type of unequal treaties that colonial powers used to impose in the 19th century – except this time, Europe is on the receiving end.

More worryingly, this sets a dynamic and a precedent: what do you think happens next from here? In the 19th century, were colonial powers content with their first unequal treaty? Of course not – one of the key rules of geopolitics is that weakness only encourages further exploitation.

Again, this is Europe’s century of humiliation.

Vir: Arnaud Bertrand

Pomen mineralov redke zemlje in globalna strateška odvisnost od Kitajske

Minerali redkih zemelj so ključni za številne visokotehnološke izdelke, saj omogočajo delovanje močnih magnetov, zaslonov, baterij in katalizatorjev. Najpogosteje se uporabljajo v električnih motorjih (npr. z neodimom in disprozijem), LED zaslonih in optiki (z europijem, terbijem), pa tudi v katalizatorjih in medicinski diagnostiki (z gadolinijem). Njihova uporaba je nepogrešljiva v zelenih tehnologijah, obrambni industriji in digitalni infrastrukturi. 

Glavne komponente, ki temeljijo na mineralih redke zemlje (*):

  1. Magneti – NdFeB (neodim-železo-bor)
  • Elementi: Neodim (Nd), Praseodim (Pr), Disprozij (Dy), Terbij (Tb)
  • Uporaba:
    • Električni motorji (v EV vozilih, e-kolesih, dronih)
    • Generatorji v vetrnih turbinah
    • Trdi diski, zvočniki, slušalke
  1. Elektronika in zasloni
  • Elementi: Terbij (Tb), Europij (Eu), Yterbij (Yb), Cerij (Ce), Itrij (Y)
  • Uporaba:
    • LED zasloni, OLED televizorji
    • Laserski in optični senzorji
    • Barvna luminiscenca (rdeča, zelena, modra)
  1. Baterije in akumulatorji
  • Elementi: Lanthan (La), Neodim (Nd), Cerij (Ce), Praseodim (Pr)
  • Uporaba:
    • Nikelj-metal-hidrid (NiMH) baterije
    • Določeni tipi litijevih baterij (dodatek za stabilnost in energijsko gostoto)
  1. Katalizatorji
  • Elementi: Cerij (Ce), Lanthan (La)
  • Uporaba:
    • Katalizatorji za avtomobile (čiščenje izpušnih plinov)
    • Naftna rafinacija
    • Katalitični pretvorniki
  1. Obrambna in vesoljska industrija
  • Elementi: Samarium (Sm), Gadolinium (Gd), Dysprosium (Dy)
  • Uporaba:
    • Vodenje raket, senzorji, radarske naprave
    • Magneti za visokotemperaturna okolja
    • Optoelektronika v satelitih
  1. Medicina in diagnostika
  • Elementi: Gadolinium (Gd), Yttrium (Y)
  • Uporaba:
    • MRI kontrastna sredstva
    • Radioterapija in jedrska medicina
    • Fluorescenčni barvila in diagnostična oprema

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Nemci ne smejo več živeti v iluziji, da je Nemčija suverena država

Ameriški veleposlanik v Nemčiji Richard Grenell je pred leti poskrbel za dvig prahu, ko je Nemce spomnil, da Nemčija ni suverena država, pač pa je še vedno protektorat Amerike. Kar v besedah Grenella pomeni:

Če bodo Američani rekli: “Ne kupujte ruskega plina, kupujte ameriški plin,” potem se bo to tudi zgodilo. In če bodo Američani rekli: “Nemci, povečajte obrambni proračun na 2 % BDP,” potem to ni 1,23 %. Nemci se ne bi smeli več prepuščati iluziji suverenosti. Končno sprejmite: Nemčija je še vedno ameriški protektorat!

No, in takšna je tudi realnost. Nemci so ponižno sprejeli ameriško zahtevo, da prenehajo kupovati ruski plin in enako ponižno so sprejeli dejstvo, da so jim Američani razstrelili plinovod Severni tok.

In enako se obnašajo vse ostale države EU. Če v Washingtonu rečejo, da morajo EU države dvigniti izdatke za ameriško orožje na 5 % BDP, EU države to ponižno naredijo.

Če v Washingtonu rečejo, da bodo na ameriške izdelke pobirali 15 % carine, na jeklo, aluminij in farmacevtske izdelke pa 50 %, EU države to ponižno sprejmejo.

In če v Washingtonu rečejo, da bodo Evropejci od ZDA kupili za 750 milijard dolarjev energentov in da bodo v ZDA investirali za 600 milijard dolarjev (torej prenesli proizvodnjo v ZDA), EU države to ponižno sprejmejo.

Takšen je status vazalnih držav.

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Brezpogojna kapitulacija EU pred Ameriko

Poglejte si obraz te nesrečne ženske, ki vodi Evropsko komisijo in ki je pravkar pristala na brezpogojno kapitulacijo EU pred ZDA. EU ni dobila ničesar od ZDA, razen velikodušnosti, da lahko še naprej trguje z ZDA, v zameno za to je pristala na vse ameriške zahteve.

Trenutek spominja na brezpogojno kapitulacijo bivše kraljevine Jugoslavije pred Nemčijo 17. aprila 1941, ki sta jo na jugoslovanski strani podpisala zunanji minister kraljevine Jugoslavije Aleksandar Cincar‑Marković in general Radivoje Janković, načelnik operativnega oddelka Štaba Vrhovnega poveljstva Jugoslovanske vojske.

Tokratna “podpisnica” te sramotne kapitulacije EU pred ZDA – v vašem in mojem imenu – je Ursula von der Leyen. Zapomnite si to.

EU je ameriški protektorat

Ta evropska ponižnost in klečepalazenje pred ZDA sta gnusni. Sramotni. Abotni.

Imeli smo zgodovinsko priložnost, da se osamosvojimo od ZDA, da postanemo vojaško, gospodarsko in tehnološko suverena tvorba, pomemben mednarodni igralec in da vzpostavimo uravnotežene odnose med EU, ZDA in Evrazijo. Toda evropska politična nomenklatura je ponovno kapitulirala pred ZDA.  

EU je ponovno pokleknila pred ZDA in pristala na vse ameriške trgovinske pogoje

Dogovor, ki naj bi ga s stiskom roke potrdila predsednica EK Ursula von der Leyen in ameriški predsednik Donald Trump, pomeni, da je EK v imenu EU držav pristala:

  • na splošno carinsko stopnjo pri uvozu evropskih izdelkov v ZDA v višini 15 % in specifične carine na jeklo in aluminij (50%) in farmacevtske proizvode,
  • da bo kupila za 750 milijard dolarjev energentov,
  • da bo investirala 600 milijard dolarjev v ZDA poleg obstoječih naložb,
  • da bo odprla trge držav EU za uvoz iz ZDA brez carin in
  • da bo kupila »ogromne količine« vojaške opreme.

V zameno za to EU ni dobila nič. Razen velikodušnosti Trumpa, da lahko EU države še naprej trgujejo z ZDA.

Se vam to zdi dober “deal”? Jaz sem absolutno na strani Olivierja Blancharda (nekdanjega profesorja makroekonomije na MIT in dolgoletnega glavnega ekonomista IMF), da je ta deal zelo slab za EU in da bi se z “več jajc” EU lahko bistveno bolje izpogajala. Toda takšno evropsko vodstvo imamo – vazalno in absolutno podrejeno v odnosu do ZDA.

The US and European Union agreed to a deal that will see the bloc face 15% tariffs on most of its exports, including automobiles, staving off a trade war that could have delivered a hammer blow to the global economy.

The pact comes less than a week before a Friday deadline for President Donald Trump’s higher tariffs to take effect. The president in May threatened to impose a 50% duty on nearly all EU goods, adding pressure that accelerated negotiations, before lowering that to 30%.

Trump announced the deal Sunday after a meeting with European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen. He said the charge would cover automobiles. The European leader said the rate would be “all inclusive,” though Trump said later it did not include pharmaceuticals and metals. Steel and aluminum “stays the way it is,” the US president added.

“I think that basically concludes the deal,” Trump told reporters at his golf club in Turnberry, Scotland. “It’s the biggest of all the deals.”

Von der Leyen said the agreement “will bring stability” and “it will bring predictability.”

According to the US president, the EU agreed to

  • purchase $750 billion in energy,
  • invest $600 billion in the US on top of existing investments,
  • open up countries’ markets to trade with US at zero tariffs, and
  • purchase “vast amounts” of military equipment.

The transatlantic pact removes a major risk for markets and the global economy — a trade war involving $1.7 trillion worth of cross-border commerce — even though it means European shipments to the US are getting hit with a higher tax at the border. 

The goals, Trump said, were more production in the US and wider access for American exporters to the European market. Von der Leyen acknowledged that part of the drive behind the talks was a rebalancing of trade, but cast it as beneficial for both sides.

“The starting point was an imbalance,” von der Leyen said. “We wanted to rebalance the trade we made, and we wanted to do it in a way that trade goes on between the two of us across the Atlantic, because the two biggest economies should have a good trade flow.”

Read more: A Guide to Trade Talks, Trump-Style

US and European negotiators had been zeroing in on an agreement this past week. Officials have discussed terms for a quota system for steel and aluminum imports, which would face a lower import tax below a certain threshold and would be charged the regular 50% rate above it. The EU had also been seeking quotas and a ceiling on future industry-specific tariffs, but it’s unclear if the initial agreement will shield the bloc from potential levies that have yet to be implemented. 

Vir: Bloomberg