This Mr. Trump is very bad indeed
Trump is very bad. Trump does not love globalists, Trump does not want globalist agreements (TTIP, TTP) and he also wants to get out of NAFTA. Trump doesn't like Vespa, Pachino tomatoes and Italian chocolate (we Italians are well known for our vast cocoa crops). At this rate, the media (who love Trump, let's not forget) will say that Trump also eats children (after all, we know: he adores Putin and Putin is a famous Russian communist who hates globalists, and like all communists he eats children ).
Now in the event that some reader does not adore hanging on the lips of some of our illustrious envoys to America, there is another reality that should be considered. Already a very interesting analysis discussed the different working standards (and rules on hiring / firing) that exist between Europe and the United States. This remarkable analysis argued about the self-evident risk of a less protected work system (and therefore large “wild” layoffs).
Already in 2016, the then critical TTIP agreement painted a rather dangerous scenario for Italian quality productions (now I'm talking about food).
To simplify, a more interesting reading can be found on the original documents, where the globalist government of the Nobel Peace Prize Obama (who also set a record in accidental deaths from drone bombing) provided greater freedom for European vehicle exporters ( remember that we in Italy no longer have a company that makes cars called Fiat, but only its factories, while the tax office is elsewhere). In return, the Obama pacifist administration asked for ample space to export American agricultural food production. An advantage for (non-Italian) car manufacturers (who can further automate production processes) to the detriment of the many pearls of quality in the agri-food sector (I am talking about those supported by Coldiretti to make a name) who have an important occupation (read even votes in elections, if any politicians were reading).
If the TTIP had been signed as it was in a nutshell we would have had happy car salesmen and a large slice of farmers crushed (let's face it, thrown out of the market) by a commercial dumping of food made in the USA produced with food and pharmacological standards. (read hormones or GMOs) that the European Union has, up to now, tried with great difficulty to stem. Without forgetting that the famous copy products (such as the well-known parmesan) exist and would have been important here (certainly changing the name so as not to break the labeling standards) at, certainly, a lower price and therefore to the detriment of our productions.
The bad Trump has decided to block imports of Vespas, San Pellegrino water (which belongs to a Swiss group, Nestle) and other quality food companies.
In truth, the tariffs to export some of these products have already risen over time so it's not like Trump woke up today and zac destroyed our exports.
And remember, Trump is threatening to apply new tariffs. In reality, the most horrifying man in the world does his sovereign interests (as TTIP was representative of the interests of the Big Agropharma). As this article explains, his concept is simple: "Either you Italian you magni my cow with hormone, or the spaghetti with Pachino tomato sauce, the little Italian broccolino makes it with Californian cherry tomatoes".
So Trump is bad and does not love us Italians (consider that the president has suggested these ideas at large, certainly not against us)?
Trump does his job. Which consists in increasing employment (generated among other things by sovereign laws which, by imposing duties, can stimulate the indigenous production of food products). Promote the export of products made in the USA. The occupation Trump is clearly aiming for can also be created by forcing foreign or American companies (which have fled offshore) to open manufacturing facilities in the US. Ford to cite the most striking case.
Is he a tyrant? The same "produce here, sell here without surcharges" policies have been imposed by China, India, Brazil (to name three BRICS members) and foreign companies have adapted.
We Europeans remain with our myth of free trade (which is not even supported by the American elder brother) wanting to impose freedom for everyone.
And what do we get? The steel market massacred thanks to Chinese dumping (the unemployed of these plants I am sure they will find a new job, maybe they will go to teach liberalism in universities).
Only now does the European Union realize that these rules must be changed, now that many steel plants are going to close (sending generations of workers to the pavement, the urban centers where they live and all the small local commerce related). We Europeans have a very special vision of free trade. We cling our hands because we don't want to export to Russia (damage to the Italian economy measurable in billions) but we accept Chinese steel.
Trump is certainly not the most politically correct and enlightened president (kindly someone tell me the last time that in the US, after Kennedy, who died in an accident with a bullet, we saw one). But he does his job of him.
Certainly the pious envoys (underpaid, of course), who may not like Trump very much, will explain how the bad boy eats Trump wants to sink Italy. Already Nouriel Roubini, an economist known by the nickname of Doctor Doom (it would translate doctor Tragedia) explained a few years ago that unemployment in Western nations can lead to nationalist movements.
The concept was easy for anyone to understand: “As an Italian I lose my job, or worse still I have paid jobs with solutions that do not give me security. On the other hand, I see my politicians approving laws that reduce customs tariffs and allow foreign companies to bring more economically competitive products here. These products kill the company I work for (where perhaps the entrepreneur has even made the crest in times of fat cows). Who protects me? A Clinton? A globalist Democratic Party? ".
In my opinion, it would be appropriate for a group of politicians to make their way in Italy who are the first to choose the national interest. And perhaps that the Italians should carefully evaluate, during the voting phase, laws and projects that have to do with a healthy national industrial plan.
Indeed we should thank Trump. With the way he goes, belligerent and "America first", he keeps us awake. He requires us to fight on tariffs and rules, to pay attention to these issues. Instead of a soft, fluffy general agreement (TTIP) which, once signed, would become binding and we would no longer have the possibility to modify (we already have a European Union, for this reason) here we can discuss every single rule and tariff, if we could we common citizens, to participate and try to influence the agreements (Coldiretti with his protests does a great job, talking about food).
We can also overlook the sages and experts who pontificate about Trump's malice (from above, perhaps, of their permanent contracts and hefty salaries with reimbursements and paid houses). Italian politicians should remember that, after all, their constituents are here in Italy, not in China or America.
