Macron vill att EU använder den så kallade ”handelsbazookan” som svar på hotet om tullar, uppdaterad

Antitvångsverktyget (ACI) är tänkt att skydda EU-länder mot tvång och ekonomiska påtryckningar. Verktyget togs fram 2023, men har aldrig tidigare använts.

https://www.svd.se/a/xr3Wjn/efter-trumps-tullhot-nu-kallar-bryssel-till-krismote




Anti-Amerikanismen är nu på All Time High. Det säger inte lite.
Dags att ta ett steg tillbaka och fundera på en grundläggande fråga.
Är det fel på Trump eller är det fel på USA?

Om det är fel på Trump är det ett övergående problem.
EU-federalisterna hoppar gärna över den frågan och utnyttjar tillfället för att oja sig om att nu måste vi stärka EU och ta ytterligare steg mot det nya romerska riket. Det fjärde i ordningen.

Om å andra sidan Trump faktiskt representerar ett nytt USA, som kommer att fortsätta på den av Trump inslagna vägen, är det allvarligare.
Men det återestår att se.
Rolf Englund på Facebook 18 January 2026

Aggressive US rhetoric over Greenland demands a change in strategy by the EU and UK, officials say
“It looks like the days of trying to appease Trump are finished,” said one senior European official. “The approach on handling Trump 2.0 is not working,” 
Europe’s response should involve strong public and private condemnation of Trump’s threats, serious countermeasures as floated by France, and the acceleration of plans to reduce the continent’s reliance on Washington, the diplomats and officials said.
“Can you really trust him to come to your assistance if he’s at the same time attacking you?” they added. 
“Do you even want him to?”

Financial Times 18 January 2026




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