Preston Byrne
@prestonjbyrne
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UK: “Hello friend, we would like to trade with you.”
US: “Yes, we are good friends. Let us be mutually prosperous.”
UK: “Jolly good. Oh, but, we are going to send demands to your people threatening to arrest them for free speech. That’s cool, right?”
US: “lol nope”
https://x.com/prestonjbyrne/status/2000899807196618932
Guido Fawkes
@GuidoFawkes
Starmer Humiliated as Trump Suspends ‘Tech Prosperity' Deal https://order-order.com/2025/12/16/starmer-humiliated-as-trump-suspends-tech-prosperity-deal
https://x.com/GuidoFawkes/status/2000863998766633431
United States Trade Representative
@USTradeRep
The European Union and certain EU Member States have persisted in a continuing course of discriminatory and harassing lawsuits, taxes, fines, and directives against U.S. service providers. U.S. services companies provide substantial free services to EU citizens and reliable enterprise services to EU companies, and they support millions of jobs and more than $100 billion in direct investment in Europe. The United States has raised concerns with the EU for years on these matters without meaningful engagement or basic acknowledgement of U.S. concerns.
In stark contrast, EU service providers have been able to operate freely in the United States for decades, benefitting from access to our market and consumers on a level playing field. Some of the largest EU service providers that have hitherto enjoyed this expansive market access include, among others:
— Accenture
— Amadeus
— Capgemini
— DHL
— Mistral
— Publicis
— SAP
— Siemens
— Spotify
If the EU and EU Member States insist on continuing to restrict, limit, and deter the competitiveness of U.S. service providers through discriminatory means, the United States will have no choice but to begin using every tool at its disposal to counter these unreasonable measures. Should responsive measures be necessary, U.S. law permits the assessment of fees or restrictions on foreign services, among other actions. The United States will take a similar approach to other countries that pursue an EU-style strategy in this area.
https://x.com/USTradeRep/status/2000990028835508258
Starmer is proper fucked…