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"Smoot–Hawley Tariff Act" - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Smoot%E2%80%93Hawley_Tariff_Ac...
jurmous's points seem to be aligned with the article.
I have read the article and I found it very thin on the details regarding any specifics on what exactly "tariffing big tech" would be, especially that StarLink mentioned in the article is not really "big tech" in EU, but more of a niche ISP.
Which is why I believe he didn't read it, plus the general trend of HN users to rush to comment without reading the articles that's a meme at this point, which only results in low quality emotionally charged rants being upvoted to the top even though they have little to do with the article in the topic.
And the actual big-tech would be more difficult to tariff since their products don't cross any customs like star link, but are all sold by companies registered in the EU, same how example Fords are also manufactured in the EU to get around tariffs.
In terms of your comment, they didn't say Starlink is big tech. The paragraph in question separates them with the word "another example":
> A fightback could include restrictions on the intellectual property of Big Tech companies. Another example would be banning Elon Musk’s Starlink satellite network from winning government contracts.
As for big tech examples examples, the article did mention revoking of patents, or obstructing revenues on software updates and streaming. But yeah, the article is otherwise thin on details wrt big tech, primarily because it's not focusing on that topic specifically.
See my arguments on the topic here: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=43503672
BTW, what are your opinions and arguments on the topic, or do you just enjoy cosplaying as HN hall monitor?
Then you also admit I was right that people make emotionally charged comments/rants that have little to do with the details of the article.
Should I be sorry for pointing it out instead of jumping on the "US/Trump bad" bandwagon without any arguments like jurmous did whose comment is just vague demagogy("EU needs to be tough") without comments on the specifics of the article?
When everyone just posts vague emotional demagogy comments, then the quality of the discussion goes to shit. Sorry, I'm here for more technical argumented discussions, not "US-bad EU-strong" comments.
Or, you know, Europeans and Canadians might actually see the Orange Man for what he is, and express their opinions.
>The EU is considering ... to retaliate against Donald Trump...
Did you by chance read the article yourself?
Which one of them is going to be?
And now is pressuring car manufacturers not to follow normal corporate financial management...
"Trump Warned U.S. Automakers Not to Raise Prices in Response to Tariffs" - https://www.wsj.com/business/autos/trump-tariffs-automaker-p...
"Core inflation in February hits 2.8%, higher than expected" - https://www.cnbc.com/2025/03/28/pce-inflation-february-2025-...
Lululemon Q4 2024 Earnings Call of yesterday:
"...In fact, based on a survey we conducted earlier this month in conjunction with Ipsos, consumers are spending less due to increased concerns about inflation and the economy. This is manifesting itself into slower traffic across the industry in the U.S. in Quarter 1, which we are experiencing in our business as well..."