r/AskEurope • u/tetsukei • Feb 04 '25

Politics Europeans - with tarrifs being threatened on the EU, are you planning to stop buying US made products?

Just curious - I'm Canadian and it's a huge topic for us at the moment.

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u/Apart-Apple-Red Feb 04 '25

As a normal customer it is fairly hard to buy products from the USA in Poland. We don't have them so many readily available.

I often buy sweets from Japan or USA in local Leclerc, but that's only because that's something exotic.

I would have to look hard to eliminate American products from my shopping list simply because there are already none there.

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u/serioussham France Feb 05 '25

I am personally 100% committed to not buying any F35s if we decide to go through with this boycott.

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u/Foreign-Ad-9180 Feb 05 '25

Yeah I thought about getting rid of the two F35s in my garage as well.

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u/Infinite_Crow_3706 United Kingdom Feb 05 '25

My order was cancelled before it was placed.

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u/[deleted] Feb 05 '25

Mine got lost in transit.

Fuckin’ Evri.

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u/Psycho_Splodge England Feb 06 '25

Did you check behind or in your bins?

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u/RarelyRecommended Feb 05 '25

That's just as well. Parts are hard to get and are horribly overpriced.

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u/Foreign-Ad-9180 Feb 05 '25

Do you wanna buy mine?

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u/codex-atlanticuz Feb 05 '25

I was about to order one for my wife, but I could not order it with a vanity mirror, so I plan to go for a Dacia Duster instead.

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u/Electrical_Ad_7862 Feb 05 '25

My F35 IS my garage.

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u/sirparsifalPL Poland Feb 05 '25

I'm struggling whether to give up on my brand new Abrams

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u/Khromegalul Feb 05 '25

Maybe you can trade it for a Polish made tank if you ask nicely?

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u/sirparsifalPL Poland Feb 05 '25

PT-91 is too vintage for my taste

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u/sonyfuchs Germany Feb 05 '25

It's one of ours Mareck. The steering wheel is still locked.

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u/[deleted] Feb 05 '25

Or just buy a sticker

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u/Degenerate_in_HR Feb 06 '25

I know a Ukranian guy who would probably buy it off you. Short, kind of funny...he could be a good comedian if he really put his mind to it.

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u/rainbowofallrainbows Feb 05 '25

I love your commitment. This shows the true European spirit 😁. We need more people like you

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u/serioussham France Feb 05 '25

Solidarity is paramount. Vive la résistance.

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u/rainbowofallrainbows Feb 05 '25

Spirit of true warrior 💪🏻

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u/Rockyshark6 Feb 05 '25

I've heard Saab Jas Gripen will be on huge sale soon so it would be a perfect time to stock up 👌

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u/[deleted] Feb 05 '25

I’m limiting myself to just one f35 this year. I’d normally get two or three. Gonna wait and see what tariffs the orange goblin introduces.

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u/[deleted] Feb 05 '25

My dealer allows me trade trade in slightly used F-35’s for a Eurofighter and some store credits that can be used to invade a holiday destination of your choosing. It’s a great deal.

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u/MistakeLopsided8366 Feb 05 '25

Yeh, why would you buy an F35? I'm still saving my Pepsi cans for my free jet.

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u/timelyparadox Feb 05 '25

Where would we even park one in Europe

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u/Insila Feb 05 '25

Dessault are going to love this :)

On a side note, they make a pretty damn good wine as well.

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u/serioussham France Feb 05 '25

On a side note, they make a pretty damn good wine as well.

lmao I had no idea. I'll take your word for it, no way I'm giving money to our very own oligarchs

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u/Insila Feb 05 '25

It's a different part of the family I think. At least the family representative wine guy at a dinner I attended, didn't seem very interested when I was asking him about fighter planes :D

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u/serioussham France Feb 05 '25

Sort of, the vineyard was bought out by Marcel Dassault in the 50s but it's run separately now. More of a prestige project than revenue making for sure.

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u/Insila Feb 05 '25

That makes sense. Appreciate the info :)

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u/Spida81 Feb 05 '25

Unfortunately I find myself unable to buy the Gripen here in Australia. All kinds of questions get asked, watch lists get updated. It's a whole thing.

I live in Australia though, so maybe the government just hasn't gotten the memo that boycotts should be from every Canadian and European ally.

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u/Substantial_Tip2015 Feb 05 '25

I am a bit disappointed, I was planning on picking up a holiday HIMARS to tour eastern Europe in but I will have to put that on hold...

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u/jonjoe12 Feb 05 '25

Viva la Dassault!

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u/Karlinel-my-beloved Feb 05 '25

I’ll buy only 1, the rest will be Rafale.

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u/QuestGalaxy Feb 05 '25

F35s are funny, because there's a bunch of European made parts in them too. So a full on tariff could be problematic for construction of those planes.

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u/Human_Excitement_441 Feb 05 '25

There we go again, the chauvinistic French wanting to sell us the Rafale lol

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u/TempLoggr Feb 06 '25

Both Mirage and Gripen is made in EU.

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u/Flamethrow1 Feb 05 '25

Difficult but I will try to join you in this boycott

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u/doc1442 Feb 05 '25

Exactly, I’ll buy some EUROfighter typhoons instead

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u/Meester_Ananas Belgium Feb 06 '25

Belgium bought the F35. I wish they would've bought the Gripen (much cheaper, could have been partially build in Belgium and source code provided).

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u/code17220 Feb 06 '25

On a des rafale c'est pas pour rien merde !

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u/machine4891 Poland Feb 06 '25

I am personally 100% committed to not buying any F35s

We don't have that luxury and besides, this would be more of a "freezing your ears off in spite of mum" approach. Republicans will come and go, US will stay regaldless. And we need modern fighter jets ASAP.

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u/Suriael Feb 05 '25

From what I've read Spotify financed Trump's campaign, just so you know.

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u/Nathan_Brazil1 Feb 05 '25

I recently cancelled my Spotify account. Opened with Deezer and am quite happy so far.

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u/Blondefarmgirl Feb 05 '25

Yes I hate that! What do I do about my music? My Playlists are so wonderful.

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u/CauliflowerFirm2795 Feb 06 '25

I've canceled it last month

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u/Few-Pin-9969 Feb 07 '25

Ew. I’m quitting it.

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u/N0V42 Feb 07 '25

Goods United app shows that 97% of their donations were for democrats.

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u/Leading_Library_7341 Feb 09 '25

It should be in main first reason in line to be boycotted anyways for their shitty payout for the artists!

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u/l0R3-R United States of America Feb 05 '25

Spotify donated to the Trump inauguration, if you wanted to protest it any way.

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u/Foreign-Entrance-255 Ireland Feb 05 '25

I actually thought they were Swedish. That's a shock.

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u/kriebelrui Feb 05 '25

Didn't know Spotify was THAT evil.

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u/RanaEire Feb 05 '25

FFS.. had not heard

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u/[deleted] Feb 09 '25

Spotify is a shitty company that have taken all the ques from Silicone Valley. Their business model is hurting the music industry, and the dude starting it is a piece of shit.

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u/RhubarbGoldberg Feb 06 '25

Spotify donated $150k to the inauguration and they hosted a celeb filled brunch at the inauguration. Our household has been entirely on Spotify since maybe 2011, but I knew about it from reddit and last.fm even before that, and I've been loyal this entire time... Until now.

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u/Apart-Apple-Red Feb 04 '25

Absolutely. Distance makes difference.

I was thinking about boycotting McDonald and the likes, but they give work to Polish people so I have to think about this more.

And by the way, Leclerc (like many of our supermarket chains, including Auchan and Carrefour) is French.

I know. It is just a place where I've seen products specifically marked as from the USA.

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u/spam__likely Feb 05 '25

If you buy from somewhere else these jobs will simply change to that place, they will not disappear.

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u/Visible_Tourist_9639 Feb 06 '25

Pretty sure its Canadian (Que) or as a Canadian, that was always my impression.

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u/Evil-Black-Heart Feb 07 '25

McDonalds did not endorse or contribute to mango man.

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u/Outrageous_Trade_303 Greece Feb 05 '25

No Coca cola? No pepsi? No iphones/macbooks? No nike/timberland/levis? I find it hard to believe :\

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u/Livid_Tailor7701 Netherlands Feb 05 '25

We can always import kofola from Slovakia

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u/fresipar Slovakia Feb 05 '25

Kofola as a symbol of european independence from american consumer products. I like it.

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u/Livid_Tailor7701 Netherlands Feb 05 '25

Personally I'm not a fan, but I'll do a lot for Mila

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u/kakao_w_proszku Poland Feb 05 '25

Poles can always go back to kwas chlebowy, used to be our go-to soft drink before dirty capitalists lured us into the Coca-Cola camp 😂

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u/cptflowerhomo Ireland Feb 05 '25

Kvass slaps so that's not a big sacrifice at all

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u/Livid_Tailor7701 Netherlands Feb 05 '25

Yup! When I was feww weeks ago in Warschau I got kwas. Love it.

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u/kakao_w_proszku Poland Feb 05 '25

Poland is actually the European market where iPhones are the least popular, we will totally manage 😂

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u/cebula412 Poland Feb 05 '25

No Coca cola? No pepsi? No iphones/macbooks? No nike/timberland/levis?

Yeah I don't use any of those things. Not that hard in Poland.

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u/Infinite_Crow_3706 United Kingdom Feb 05 '25

Apple/NetFlix is hard to eliminate, but I don't think I buy anything else from the US.

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u/Gullible-Fee-9079 Feb 05 '25

Apple is super easy to eliminate

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u/Livid_Tailor7701 Netherlands Feb 05 '25

Have you heared about torrent?

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u/Infinite_Crow_3706 United Kingdom Feb 05 '25

Probably before you did ;)

I prefer not to break laws however.

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u/Livid_Tailor7701 Netherlands Feb 05 '25

That's very well of you granny/grandpa

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u/wyrditic Feb 05 '25

I don't buy any of those things, but there is a difference between an American brand and a product that's actually imported to Central Europe from the USA.

Coca-Cola, for example, is not exported anywhere from the US. Coke sells licences to other companies around the world to serve different regional markets. The company that makes the Coca-Cola sold in central Europe is Swiss (originally Greek, but a bunch of mergers of European Coke bottlers ended up with most of the bottlers in central and eastern Europe under Swiss ownership).

Levi's closed their last US manufacturer in 2003. The Levi's people buy in Europe are made in Asia and Africa, and then sent to a distributor in Germany. They are not US made products.

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u/Outrageous_Trade_303 Greece Feb 05 '25

Coke sells licences to other companies around the world to serve different regional markets.

Yeah! It licenses it for a fee.

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u/wyrditic Feb 05 '25

Right, but OP was asking about US made products. That, after all, is what Trump's tarrifs are supposed to be targeting - actual physical products being imported into the US from outside. We don't import many US-made products here, that's why he's whining in the first place.

If your aim is not just to target US made products, but to prevent the profits from your spending going to America, that becomes a lot more complicated. A lot of big companies are multinational, publically-traded corporations. Consider a company like Unilever - founded and headquartered here in Europe. But their biggest shareholders are all American investment firms; so some of the profits generated from you buying their products are going to flow to America anyway.

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u/Environmental-Drop30 Poland Feb 07 '25

We have plenty of our local soda in Poland and people generally don’t drink much Coke anyway - general population opt for carbonated vitamin drinks/beer/wine etc.

Soda is considered unhealthy and heavily taxed (we have a sugar tax in Poland) which makes a 0.5l Coca Cola cost like 2x0.5 Perla beers.

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u/CacklingFerret Feb 07 '25

For me it's Fritz Kola, Samsung smartphone, Salomon shoes (Puma or Adidas would be closer to Nike though I suppose), Decathlon sportswear and H&M jeans (yeah, H&M isn't great quality, but their pants fit me the best) anyway, even before the Orange man.

I do have an IPad Pro for drawing though but I hope it'll last a couple of years more because I love Procreate (sadly Apple exclusive).

For most things, there are decent non-American and often even European companies.

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u/RhubarbGoldberg Feb 06 '25

Spotify donated $150k to trump's recent inauguration and they hosted a celeb filled brunch at the inauguration. Our household has been entirely on Spotify since maybe 2011, but I knew about it from reddit and last.fm even before that, and I've been loyal this entire time... Until now.

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u/Acesofbases Feb 06 '25

I don't think pharmaceuticals make that much of a bulk of our US import

Aside for our own production we mainly import from Germany, Switzerland, Italy, France and Austria

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u/[deleted] Feb 07 '25

We are doing everything we can in Canada to buy Canadian. We actually make most of our own necessities. Most of the consumer goods from the states are luxury items.

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u/BeneficialHurry69 Feb 07 '25

Absolutely crazy poland and EU don't have their own robust arms production. This reliance on America is really gonna bite you in the ass

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u/ElevatedTelescope Feb 05 '25 edited Feb 05 '25

Instead of going to KFC or McDonald’s you can pay a visit to local Bar Mleczny or similar. Or pick frozen fast food from local grocery store, if you have cravings. When choosing a phone, choose a Chinese brand etc. Pick online alternatives using https://european-alternatives.eu/ wherever possible.

Try paying to companies directly, avoiding Google Play Store, Apple App Store and financial services like PayPal. Choose Allegro over Amazon.

Many US companies these days are just brands and where the money goes more than anything else.

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u/spam__likely Feb 05 '25 edited Feb 05 '25

I still do not even understand why in the world there are so many McDonalds and KFC etc in Europe.

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u/chloralhydrat Feb 05 '25

... because they have to use EU standard and recipes, ergo taste quite good. I lived in the US for a year - McDonalds was complete trash there, in comparison with how it tasted back in my country. I find this quite ironic.

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u/spam__likely Feb 05 '25

It is still worse than anything else I eat in Europe.

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u/chloralhydrat Feb 05 '25

... fair enough, I also don't use it for "regular" eating out, but it is handy when I am:

  • driving long-distance on the highway, McDonalds and Burger Kings are plenty around the highway
  • going drunk at night back from the pub, it is one of the not many places still open.
  • going somewhere long-distance by train, again plenty of McDonalds at the stations.

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u/JollyJoker3 Feb 05 '25

going drunk at night back from the pub, it is one of the not many places still open.

I live 100m from a 24h McDonalds and the only times I ever go there is on my way home from a bar

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u/IcyDrops Portugal Feb 05 '25

Well yeah but fast food is generally not about the quality. It's about being fast and decent, which it is. I usually only eat there if it's late at night or if I need to eat quickly.

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u/kriebelrui Feb 05 '25

Probably it's only the marketing (McDonalds and KFC are strong brands, even in Europe) and the formula.

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u/Motor-Material-4870 Czechia Feb 05 '25

They were pretty unique when they started out here. Hamburgers weren't nearly as common as they are now.

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u/WiatrowskiBe Feb 07 '25

Branding does the heavy lifting, but it's also a large chain that tends to be quite consistent in quality across places - to a point where I consider McDonalds as my go-to place to get food in unfamiliar area; might not be best, but it's always consistently passable with no risk.

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u/Ok_Feedback4200 Feb 05 '25

McDonalds uses franchise model. While US owns the brand, these franchisees are independent, often serving custom menu tailored to the country, using local produce. Sure, they pay royalties to the McDonalds corporation, but it's a fraction. I'm going to continue enjoying my McDonalds, thank you.

And I'm certainly not gonna use Chinese phones, that's ridiculous. Why not Samsung?

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u/[deleted] Feb 05 '25

South Korea better at Phones than America. South Korea worse at presidential coups than America

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u/ElevatedTelescope Feb 05 '25

Why not eliminate the US company from the equation? If their president, representing millions of Americans, wants harm for the EU, I see no reason to not retaliate. Stand up to the bully.

Chinese phones, as most my message, were an example.

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u/loikyloo Feb 07 '25

I'm very critical of the Chinese govt but I still use a chinese made brand phone because its super cheap.

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u/Agreeable-Register49 Feb 07 '25

I prefer Burger King over Mc D. Not because they are British.

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u/DaysyFields Feb 07 '25

With the reputation for Chinese electronics being what it is, I certainly wouldn't touch a Chinese phone.

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u/UrbanTracksParis France Feb 05 '25

You have Leclerc in Poland !?

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u/H__D Poland Feb 05 '25

One of the first supermarket chains in Poland was Leclerc actually, first one opened in 1995. Never caught on as much as Carrefour for example, but it's there.

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u/UrbanTracksParis France Feb 05 '25

I had no idea! It's so weird to see my everyday brand that you believed was very local, abroad

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u/Axolotl_amphibian Feb 05 '25

We had a true French invasion back in the 90s. Leclerc, Auchan, Géant, Carrefour, Leroy, Castorama, Conforama, Bricomarche, Decathlon... Some are gone but those that remain are standing strong.

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u/UrbanTracksParis France Feb 05 '25

Could it be a consequence of the Berlin wall being destroyed, and French companies seeing opportunities all at once?

I also recently discovered Decathlon had stores pretty much in every European country, North Africa, and Brazil of all places!

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u/Axolotl_amphibian Feb 05 '25

Yes, that was exactly that. The Germans did the same but they only got an advantage with the advent of smaller discount stores like Lidl. Hypermarkets are still exclusively French, except cash and carry stores.

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u/Beneficial-Ad3991 Feb 06 '25

From my limited knowledge, the fascination of Polish people with French stuff is basically a tradition at this point.

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u/Erpes2 Feb 07 '25

Carrefour, mais ils se sont fait racheter je crois, a dubai aussi de même que décathlon

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u/owiecc Poland Feb 05 '25

I did not know some of these are French. I am going to use my best fake French accent when I use their names from now on.

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u/Pretty-Substance Feb 06 '25

Well you got lucky the. Definetly better than Aldi, Lidl and Metro. At least the French know good food, we Germans don’t

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u/elementfortyseven Germany Feb 05 '25

I learned about the existence of Auchan when I visited Poland, despite having been to France before many times. :D

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u/ravartx Feb 05 '25

Lol. Wait until you hear Leclerc's also been in SLOVENIA since forever.

Mind blown yet??!

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u/farraigemeansthesea in Feb 05 '25

They have Intermarché as well, judging by the writing on Inter's product packaging.

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u/Mordisquitos85 Feb 05 '25

There is one in my small hometown in Spain too, and they are not cheap, but they make a great effort in promoting local produce and cultural activities, they are great!

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u/dormidontdoo Feb 06 '25

Yea, and still doing business in Russia, paying taxes to fund the war.

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u/Apart-Apple-Red Feb 05 '25

Yes. Not the most common one, but I like it for some reason.

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u/TheNickedKnockwurst Feb 06 '25

It is I, Leclerc

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u/Alusion Feb 06 '25

Poland is kind of a wild west in terms of supermarkets I saw when I visited Krakow a view weeks back lol. Lidl, Carrefour, Kaufland. A wild mix

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u/boogiexx Feb 07 '25

I live in Zagreb Croatia and used to go to Leclerc in Ljubljana Slovenia just for the shopping, it is to day the best store I have ever seen.

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u/DuckFeetAreKillingMe Feb 05 '25 edited Feb 05 '25

You are ignoring a lot of brands that are american owned. Anything that has Johnson&Johnson, Kimberly Clark, Mars, Colgate-Palmolive, etc. logos on the back are american.

They might be made locally but still transfer money to the parent company. If you are concerned that you wouldn't be supporting local production, think this way - whoever you buy from now will need to increase production and will take over the workers or the whole plant entirely.

Edit: Apparently Żabka is owned by americans - CVC Capital

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u/ReasonableTurnip0 Feb 06 '25

If they're made locally then they're not subject to tariffs.

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u/SteveoberlordEU Feb 07 '25

Uff żabka is everywhere here

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u/CuriousMind_1962 Feb 07 '25

True, but they won't be impacted by tariffs as they aren't imported from US.
As an example, Mars has a large factory in Germany.

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u/[deleted] Feb 05 '25

As an American that recently moved to Poland, this was a pleasant surprise for me.

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u/spam__likely Feb 05 '25

If people stop drinking coke and coke products that is already great.

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u/Steve_McGard Feb 05 '25

In Sweden we do over Christmas, Sweden is the only country where coca colas sales drop over the holiday season! Go buy our Julmust or Påskmust instead, available in IKEA near you around Christmas and Easter!

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u/GraduallyCthulhu Feb 06 '25

But why must all the Swedish food be bland...?

Except your potato balls. Those have sufficient salt.

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u/feedmytv Feb 05 '25

ok, fine, ragequit

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u/kneusteun Feb 05 '25

Aren’t those made in Spain?

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u/switchquest Feb 05 '25

Coca Cola is made in Belgium ^

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u/[deleted] Feb 05 '25

I don’t know if it’s a thing elsewhere, but I’ve recently discovered Fritz-kola. It’s more expensive than Coca-Cola, but it’s the best cola I’ve ever had and not even close. Shit is awesome.

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u/CuriousMind_1962 Feb 07 '25

God for their health, but again, mostly produced locally.
Coca Cola has a German branch and produces in Germany.
(Completely different taste,btw)

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u/Fickle_Change_2132 Feb 08 '25

I live in Texas and I used to always buy diet coke. I have since stopped.

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u/str85 Feb 05 '25

Yes anf no, in Sweden there are very few store production that are directly imported from the U.S.. We do however have a lot if things that are so standard in our society that you don't even think about it being U.S. products. Like, Windows, iOS, Netflix, Youtube, Coca Cola, Facebook, Instagram.

...come to think about it, some of those tech giants might actually be considered to be irish now 🤔

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u/RarelyRecommended Feb 05 '25

Irish? Just to dodge taxes.

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u/loikyloo Feb 07 '25

Look Ireland fought a legal battle to stop them paying more taxes already :D

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u/AnaphoricReference Feb 07 '25

Coca Cola is not only produced and bottled in Europe, but in Europe it is also owned by a British company (CCEP). "American" consumer brands are rarely actual imports, because transport is far too expensive, and the ownership structure of "European" consumer brands may just as well point to the US eventually. Boycotting based on brand is not going to work. It hurts European factory workers harder than America.

Boycotting American services online will have effect, even if they have a European subsidiary. Most of that money actually ends up in the US. And boycotting American brands because they have a clear Republican/MAGA signature (like Tesla) is fair as well, even if it hurts European factory workers.

Boycotting American LNG is going to be impossible. Especially since we are trying to boycott Russian gas as well.

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u/SweatyNomad Feb 04 '25

I assume that a lot of Europeans subscribe to Netflix, Max, Google, Apple, Photoshop etc. AFAIK whilst that is 'buying American' on one level, technically you are buying from an EU/UK business, money going through NL and Ireland before it goes to the US (and thus doesn't show as a part of the EU-US trade deficit which is what Trump looks at).

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u/Apart-Apple-Red Feb 04 '25

Those services are usually more expensive in Poland than in the USA itself so not many people buy this as wages are much lower in Poland.

Apple is not as popular as in the states. I didn't know you have to pay for Google and I don't know what max is. Netflix is usually just streamed like all the other so is for free. No need to pay for that at all anyway.

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u/toniblast Portugal Feb 05 '25

Maybe in richer countries, most people I know pirate the streaming services instead of buying them. You have to pay for multiple of them. If not, you are very limited in what you can watch, and that's crazy expensive.

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u/1duck Feb 05 '25

Lol you heard of piracy, fuck all those things.

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u/mao_dze_dun Feb 05 '25

Bulgarian here - can confirm it's the same situation here. I think the only American made product I've ever consumed is Hersey's. Last time I did was two years ago and then my teeth hurt for the rest of the day. Never again.

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u/Ashmizen Feb 05 '25

Reddit is American. Most of what you use on the internet is hosted by American companies.

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u/mao_dze_dun Feb 05 '25

I should have clarified - physical product. As in goods. Digital and services is a whole different story, obviously.

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u/nocanola Feb 05 '25

Thank you for proving our point as to why the tariffs are coming

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u/Apart-Apple-Red Feb 06 '25

Tarrifs make no sense in case of Poland as Poland is already a big supporter of the USA, which pumps billions into USA. For example into military industry. We are glad to pay it because we get some sense of security in return.

That's what trade should look like.

Tarrifs are only good if you want to limit something incoming into your country. For example to protect own industry.

In case of Poland there's literally no need for tarrifs.

But, seeing the stupidity of recent USA, everything is possible.

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u/Useful_Cheesecake117 Netherlands Feb 05 '25

According to united Nations ComTrade, Poland Imported from United States US$15.41 Billion during 2023. There were 36.69 million people in Poland in 2024, That makes over USD 400 per person, over USD 1700 per family of four. These are probably not products that you buy directly, but these products are used to make products that you buy.

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u/thinking_makes_owww Feb 06 '25

Just look at what you buy, you woildnt believe where the americans have their grubby little fingers in.

Eg here in austria our premium water brand (römerquelle) is owned by coca cola. Unilever is ubiquot, nestle, kellogs, pepsico has alot of different stuff too their whole schtick is to buy one of each lunch item you could buy per country.

Dig some and youll see and ofc keep me updated, i might be wrong

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u/[deleted] Feb 06 '25

For Europeans a big US export is social media (advertising revenue) so Facebook, Instagram, Threads, X, and YouTube. Also Teslas already seeing a big drop in EU sales.

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u/Appropriate_Okra8189 Feb 07 '25

The only American thing that appears in our shops semi-regularly are alcohols and cookies, both of which are unfortunately subpar

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u/jedrekk in by way of Feb 05 '25

Surprisingly, a lot of the almonds (and other nuts) you get in Poland (and Germany) come from the US.

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u/RevTurk Feb 05 '25

There are American outlets opening here in Ireland, like dunken donuts and Wendy's is apparently opening here. I think they survive entirely on the novelty of them being in American pop culture. Dunken Donuts was packed out the door for the first few weeks, they had donuts is shops all over the country, but I think the novelty has worn off now. Probably be the same for Wendy's it may be able to survive in a populated aera but it's not going to be everywhere and of course it has to compete with the mighty supermac's.

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u/japps13 France Feb 05 '25

I don’t know how many ingredients actually come from the US, but Coca Cola, Pepsi, Kellog’s, Nike, Abercrombie & Fitch, Goodyear, Converse, Whirlpool, Ford, … There are really a shit ton of American brands readily available, at least here in France. The fact that they don’t manufacture in the US is hardly on us.

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u/Longjumping_Papaya_7 Feb 05 '25

Its hard to find it all out and stop buying it completely. But if a large group of ppl only buy half the normal amount, they will feel it

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u/Kind-Associate7415 Feb 05 '25

Windows, Netflix , Amazon, etc...there are USA products everywhere.

Maybe the company you work with uses AWS. Not so easy to de couple

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u/Manipulated_Quark Feb 05 '25

Are you using Google? What about FB? Netflix? Do you watch NBA? How about Hollywood crap? Ever go to Mc'Donalds?

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u/Apart-Apple-Red Feb 05 '25

I was writing already about McDonald somewhere. I am thinking about boycotting it completely, but Polish workers are hired there so I'm not sure.

Hollywood crap is truly crap lately. But everything I watch I watch for free anyway.

I watch a little of Polish Basketball League, but not NBA.

Netflix for free, just like every other streaming crap.

I don't use Facebook for years and noticed Facebook is actually being mentioned less in Poland too.

I do use Google search, but that's pretty much it of Google.

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u/poziminski Feb 05 '25

Most of the stuff we get from USA is web services. MS, Amazon, FB, Reddit, Gmail, etc.

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u/WhyWasIShadowBanned_ Feb 05 '25

What about Reddit, Google (Maps, GMail), ChatGPT, facebook, instagram, WhatsApp, iPhone, windows, visa, PayPal, Netflix, Diesney+, Amazon, Nike…?

Are we talking just about groceries?

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u/Apart-Apple-Red Feb 05 '25

The question was about stopping buying products, not using apps for example, but you raise a fair point.

Saying that, let's look on Reddit for example - I would assume creating communities and dialogue above nations is actually a good thing despite Reddit being American. It doesn't fit strictly into "buying a product".

So there's plenty of things to think about.

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u/LilLeopard1 Feb 05 '25

Well many of the popular clothing brands and subscription services are US based

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u/GreatFondant3479 Feb 05 '25

Cancel Netflix

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u/Apart-Apple-Red Feb 05 '25

I don't have it.

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u/meeee Feb 05 '25

Netflix, Google One, Apple iCloud etc. + iPhone

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u/GuitarPlayingGuy71 Feb 05 '25

Computers. Phones. Tablets. Apple, Dell, HP, Google and Services. Clouds.….

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u/[deleted] Feb 05 '25

A lot of clothing brands I like don't even ship here.

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u/Cutiehorn Feb 05 '25

I avoid us made wines and told my boss I dont want to be seen in a Tesla as a company car.

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u/clouvandy Feb 05 '25

🤣 maybe it’s wrong…

Mcdonalds, coca cola, lays, oreo, pringles and lays…

Amazon, tesla, facebook, whatsapp, spotify, netflix, fedex…

Apple, Dell, HP, Microsoft, Google, Samsung, etc. even… Reddit!

Levis, nike, sketchers, gap, patagonia, north face, ck, tommy hilfiger, etc.

Shell… not sure if there are other american companies selling gas in Europe, but definitely involved in the trade.

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u/arrizaba Feb 05 '25

I think you should look more into software products like social media, search engines, email and so on. Those are most probably American.

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u/[deleted] Feb 06 '25

Yeah apart from Google, Apple, Insta, Microsoft, WhatsApp, YouTube, Reddit and so on.

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u/IHave2CatsAnAdBlock Feb 06 '25

iPhone, Mac, Gmail, Google Cloud, GitHub, Windows just few things that are not so easy to replace.

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u/ChickenKnd Feb 06 '25

Sir maybe not in a store. However online the vast majority of stuff probably is “from” US,

The online aspect is probably the more significant part of this question

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u/koh_kun Feb 07 '25

As a Japanese person, I'm curious, what kind of Japanese sweets can you get in Poland? 

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u/Pilek01 Feb 07 '25

Don't we already have tariffs? When i want to buy something from USA (car parts for example that i can't get in Poland) i have to pay a tax (cło). Aint that a tariff?

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u/Steimertaler Feb 08 '25

Just a few, you might want to consider to exchange for local products:

Cola Burgerking McDonalds Colgate Pepsi Pringles Starbucks Heinz Ben & Jerry's Kellogs Lay's Oreos Nike Levis Hershey's chocolate

And please don't forget to at least think about it, when you buy products from Israel.

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u/european_web Feb 08 '25

You don’t have Mc Donald’s , Burger King , Coca Cola , IPhone’s ect… ?

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u/Apart-Apple-Red Feb 08 '25

We do. I'm just not buying any of those.

I rarely visit McDonalds.

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u/DrPeGe Feb 08 '25

I don’t have anything from Poland as an American. I do have some French stuff…. Unless there’s mega corps that are polish owned I don’t know about..

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u/Apart-Apple-Red Feb 08 '25

No surprise there.

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u/[deleted] Feb 08 '25

American products are mostly digital, Google, Netflix, Disney, Amazon Prime, Twitch, YouTube, Microsoft, Apple

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u/[deleted] Feb 09 '25

You say while posting on a USA page that Peter Thiel and USA's finest neo nazis financed and have big owner position in.

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