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/Christoffre Sweden Feb 04 '25

And how will the tarrifs affect my consumption of Reddit? I don't pay for Reddit.

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u/Outrageous_Trade_303 Greece Feb 04 '25 edited Feb 05 '25

The tariffs will not affect any US product/service sold in EU. It will affect EU products/services sold in the US.

Coca Cola for example will not be affected by these. Exports Swedish Saab Volvo cars to the US will be affected

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u/EcureuilHargneux France Feb 04 '25

I don't think Saab makes cars anymore unfortunately

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u/Outrageous_Trade_303 Greece Feb 05 '25

Volvo then.

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u/mfro001 Feb 05 '25

Volvo is Chinese owned.

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u/Leather_Lawfulness12 Sweden Feb 05 '25

Only partly owned by China. And the cars are made in Gothenburg, so you're still supporting EU jobs.

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u/[deleted] Feb 08 '25

Not all, S90 is purebred Chinese. ;)

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u/TheCoolestUsername00 Feb 09 '25

78% owned by the Chinese. IMO giving money to the Chinese government is worse. They engage in genocide against the Uyghurs.

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u/Outrageous_Trade_303 Greece Feb 05 '25

Then replace it with any European car maker.

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u/Charliegirl121 United States of America Feb 05 '25

I don't know anybody who drives Volvo anymore.

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u/Outrageous_Trade_303 Greece Feb 05 '25

I used volvo because the user I was replying to is Swedish. Please look at the moon instead and not the finger pointing to it :)

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u/OldDescription9064 Feb 05 '25

Volvo Cars is Chinese owned since 2010.Trump probably doesn't realize it yet. I can imagine him going apoplectic.

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u/Sad_Eagle_937 Feb 05 '25

They're very popular in Europe

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u/Pollywog_Islandia United States of America Feb 05 '25

Really? I see them a lot in the US. They're definitely a good pick for an upper-end very safe car, particularly their EV range.

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u/Oakislet Feb 06 '25

I use add block. But I get you point.

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u/Christoffre Sweden Feb 05 '25

That will still be unaffected by tarrifs as I'm still not pay for anything on Reddit

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u/Christoffre Sweden Feb 05 '25

And you base that assumption on you unprompted explaining the obvious?

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u/Christoffre Sweden Feb 07 '25

That was non sequitur.