[LordHeini]

I am sure most people in the European parliament don't know or care what a red state is. It's one of those American things that is opaque to Europeans.

I guess they tried to find stuff to tax which does not hurt the bigger European populace.

The US biggest export is oil and they certainly want that to be cheap so no tariffs there.

And they are incapable of putting tarifst on online services and digital products.

[toomuchtodo]

EU is specifically targeting red states, in concert with Canada.

https://www.euronews.com/my-europe/2025/03/12/tariffs-eu-hit...

https://www.politico.com/news/2025/02/03/canada-tariff-targe...

[ggus]

> And they are incapable of putting tariffs on online services and digital products.

This would be interesting. And worrying. Laws are easy to write, regardless of applicability.

[LordHeini]

I guess the politicians don't want their Netflix to be more expensive.

Sadly its the EU and for every law there are untold numbers of lethargic and mostly incompetent beaurocrats trying to enforce it.

Those work very every slowly, but they are many and usually unstoppable when it comes to collecting money.

[9dev]

The thing about tariff wars is that you never want to shoot your full quiver in the first encounter, but keep some arrows for the next one. And the one after that.

I wouldn’t be so disappointed just yet; even the most lethargic beaurocrats in the EU know what’s going on. This ship is slow to steer, but if she gets moving, she’s hard to stop. Just wait!