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California wines can go head to head with the best of the EU, I agree. US cars are pretty good, lots of Teslas in the EU, and I see more cars imported from the US in Poland every day. Cadillac makes great cars, and there are no new tarrifs on Japanese cars, so those will rise in sales. Many of those Japanese brands though are built in factories in the US now.
Lets be real though. These tariffs are targeted on France and Germany more so than the rest of the EU. France and Germany have a favorable trade inbalance with the US. Nothing will bring them to the table faster than to pressure their economies. Any slow down of auto exports from Germany will cause a lot of economic problems. The wine makers lobby in France is very powerful. These are the right areas for Trump to target.
The EU needs to focus on ending the war in Ukraine. If the EU does that and pressures Z into negotiating, then things will return to normal. As it is, the Trump tactic with Z now is to hold elections in Ukraine by the end of the year. Z's term ended last May. Elections are held all over the world in war times. Not having one in Ukraine is simply an excuse to keep power for Z. He would lose any election held now.