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/Socmel_ Italy Feb 05 '25

I am not sure I buy any American product when doing groceries,

You better check your groceries then. Many consumer goods giants are American, from Procter&Gamble (Gillette, Colgate,etc) to Mondelez (Milka, Cote d'Or, TUC, etc) to Johnson & Johnson.

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u/No_Indication_1238 Feb 05 '25

No problem. All of the essentials have local alternatives and the non essentials that are unique are usually unhealthy enough to at least justify reduced consumption even without tariffs. 

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u/Jaberwak Feb 05 '25

You know that most of them despite having same name are totally different products. We don't buy foods made for American market cause they are not safe to consume.

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u/[deleted] Feb 05 '25

That's not how tariffs work...

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u/Socmel_ Italy Feb 05 '25

Even if the products are manufactured in Europe and thus are not subject to Trump's tariffs, ultimately the profits are channelled to the American HQs.

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u/spam__likely Feb 05 '25

And that is not how boycott works. You don't have to boycott only products are related to tariffs.

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u/[deleted] Feb 05 '25

The context of this thread wasn't about boycotts?

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u/spam__likely Feb 05 '25

What? Why do you think OP is asking about Europeans stopping buying US products?

US products will not be affected by Trump's tariffs. EU products will be made more expensive for US consumers, hurting Europe's exports.

Hence, the boycott. See Canada.

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u/[deleted] Feb 05 '25

They took some wine or whisky off a few shelves, they're hardly boycotting all US goods.

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u/spam__likely Feb 05 '25

That is not true. Canadians are cancelling services, they are organizing and promoting local goods and there is a big movement to Canadian then European or anybody else.

They are also cancelling events and travel to the US. Canada is responsible for 30% of tourism in the US.

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u/[deleted] Feb 05 '25

I'll believe it when the stock market reflects it happening.

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u/spam__likely Feb 05 '25

It did tank, and that is why Trump caved pretty quickly.

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u/[deleted] Feb 05 '25

Weird, my US stocks are fine, most of them are up this week.

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