Some have called for a suspension of talks on the trans-Atlantic free trade agreement.
And now we start talking about costs to the United States.
And now we start talking about costs to the United States.
Not going forward with this would be stupid and benefit no one. It's not even a threat.
I'm not convinced it's win-win when the game is rigged.
Maybe my reasoning is overly simplistic. Maybe I'm being paranoid. But I'm wary now of every agenda the US is pushing.
You can sweat us a lot longer than we can sweat you. You haven't shipped your productive industries to China, you see.
There will be free trade. But don't be surprised if the terms just got a shitload more favorable to Germany. This surveillance thing was boneheaded stupid - I doubt you can really grasp the extent to which Americans really don't understand the independent existence of other countries.
No, I won't buy it. I stand with HackerNews here. Spy on foreigners FTW!