Trump trade deals are happening

EU, UK, Indonesia, Japan, Vietnam, the Philippines.

https://thehill.com/homenews/administration/5422993-trump-trade-deals-list-tariffs/

All but Vietnam is mentioned in the article linked above.   Apparently Trump has mentioned the trade deal with Vietnam, but there is nothing out there saying that it has definitively been signed or is actually anything official. 

So what? We had trade with all of those countries before the Turd came along and fucked it all up. Now, you're clapping your flippers because...we have trade with those countries?

Of course, it's worse now, with all the Trumpiffs and the horrible damage done to our relations with those countries.

Boiler is getting excited over all those new taxes he gets to pay. 😂 What a deal!

Kevin has no concept of basic economics and he doesn't understand how capitalism works, which explains his lack of understanding on this topic.  It's best that he stick with conversations on spelling.

Mark and friends continue to prove that TDS is real.

Have any of them been signed? I'm following the Japan deal for personal reasons, and there appears to be some disagreement between Trump and Japan regarding the details of the unsigned agreement.

Trump says Japan will invest $550 billion in US at his direction | AP News

"Japanese trade negotiator Ryosei Akazawa, upon returning to Japan, did not discuss the terms of the $550 billion investment. Akazawa said he believes a written joint statement is necessary, at least on working levels, to avoid differences. He is not thinking about a legally binding trade pact."

"Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent said it would be evaluated every three months.

“And if the president is unhappy, then they will boomerang back to the 25% tariff rates, both on cars and the rest of their products. And I can tell you that I think at 25, especially in cars, the Japanese economy doesn’t work,” Bessent told Fox News’ “The Ingraham Angle.”"

"Akazawa denied that Bessent’s quarterly review was part of the negotiations.

“In my past eight trips to the United States during which I held talks with the president and the ministers,” Akazawa said. “I have no recollection of discussing how we ensure the implementation of the latest agreement between Japan and the United States.”"

From the Wall Street Journal, he first praises Trump's agenda, then talks about how the trade "deals" are more like a "handshake agreement".

Trump’s New Trade Order Is Fragile

"They are sort of a way station, more fragile and with less legitimacy than the system they have supplanted."

"From 1947 through 2012, the U.S. presided over a steady fall in trade barriers and growing economic integration. It came through painstakingly negotiated pacts. Everyone gained something and gave something up and were thus invested in the pacts’ success.

Such pacts “require Congress to approve them, are deep and substantive, take a long time to negotiate, and last a long time,” said Doug Irwin, a trade historian at Dartmouth College. “They are a binding commitment on the U.S.”

By contrast, Irwin said, these latest agreements are “handshake deals” with a president who isn’t legally bound to adhere to the terms."

"Trump acted entirely without Congress. "

"Already, Japan has cast doubt on Trump’s interpretation of its $550 billion investment commitment, and the Europeans’ $600 billion pledge seems similarly vague."

Not sure if they are signed, just that these are deals that have been agreed upon by both parties, except that Vietnam was not included in the article.  Take that for what it's worth....probably not much. 

Trump haters told us that his policies wouldn't get illegal immigration under control.  The same folks tell us that favorable changes in trade deals won't be favorable for America.