The US won't stop bullying the rest of the world until it has drastic consequences for its economy. Make of that what you will.
by bryanlarsen
2 subcomments
The headline has it backwards. The US was the one that invalidated the trade deal by imposing more than the 15% tariffs agreed to in the deal.
by upstreamutopia
1 subcomments
Makes sense, based on the situation...
by duxup
0 subcomment
I don’t know what the point of negotiating with Trump is if a few months later he will get upset about some made up problem and ignore the past agreement that was negotiated.
by 2OEH8eoCRo0
1 subcomments
Is that the trade deal that prevents jailbreaking and interop that Doctorow was talking about?
So I don't really follow the news, except that adjacent stuff that pops up on hacker news... Is the administration serious or is this like just a distraction while they do something else when no one is paying attention?