• qyron
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    43 hours ago

    Under pressure for what?

    It has already been stated that the import of food items, in detriment of the higher EU food standards, will not be negotiable.

    Two simple examples: chicken and beef.

    For beef, it would be as simple as stop pumping cattle with steroids and attest the origin of the animal, two things american rancher are unwilling and often unable to do. Argentina and Brasil sell meat to the EU. Isn’t the US as capable?

    Stop washing chicken with chemicals (likewise, eggs), treat the animals properly, with good sanitary conditions, no steroids, and it will be fine.

    But the real issue is that the EU already produces enough beef and chicken indoors. And meat consumption has been in a sharp decline. No one will buy what they don’t.

    Besides these two, it would make a difference if the US stopped using artificial food colorings, with proven bad effects on health.

    There are more issues.

  • @mat@linux.community
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    53 hours ago

    I actively avoid any and all US products, including food. I hope others do as well. So long as we keep origin attestations, I am not sure they will sell as much as expected.

    • @yonaz@lemm.ee
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      I guess since we don’t know what deal will be made here we can’t really say how effective it would be for just end-consumers to reject items at grocery stores. Judging by the tone (as always with this US administration) it sounds like a deal would include forcing the EU to purchase certain amounts of food. I.e. we would pay for it even though no one actively selects the US brand products in stores

  • Kazel
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    13 hours ago

    fuck trump and any trade deal with that orange piece of shit. no one wants your american shit

  • Lanske
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    1814 hours ago

    Fuck that shit. American food is gross

    • @e8d79@discuss.tchncs.de
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      1213 hours ago

      Rich assholes with way too much influence and by extension people who would get fired by said assholes if profits dip for a microsecond.

  • StinkyFingerItchyBum
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    5422 hours ago

    Deal? There are no deals to be made. Trump doesn’t honor any deal, including his own. He is bound by no court, or rule of law. No congressional checks and balances. They are bad faith actors. There is nothing to negotiate.

    The FDA has been gutted. The food is even less safe than it used to be.

    American food, like their diplomacy is a nightmare. Don’t do it.

    • @LandedGentry@lemmy.zip
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      1022 hours ago

      Unfortunately European politicians have talked big game both administrations and continued to make deals with Trump in the first admin. I’m hoping they stop this time, but frankly I’m not optimistic.