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Wicked Blue

(8,539 posts)
Tue Jan 20, 2026, 11:41 PM 13 hrs ago

Global markets on alert as Europe to suspend approval of US trade deal

Source: BBC

The European Parliament is planning to suspend approval of the US trade deal agreed in July, according to sources close to its international trade committee.

The suspension is set to be announced in Strasbourg, France on Wednesday.

The move would mark another escalation in tensions between the US and Europe, as Donald Trump ratchets up his efforts to acquire Greenland, threatening new tariffs over the issue on the weekend.

The stand-off has rattled financial markets, reviving talk of a trade war and the possibility of retaliation against the US for its trade measures.

Read more: https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/c4gwp2me3gzo

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Global markets on alert as Europe to suspend approval of US trade deal (Original Post) Wicked Blue 13 hrs ago OP
We are fucked so many ways. OAITW r.2.0 13 hrs ago #1
Not yet. When they start selling all $3.4T in US Bonds (about 10% of our debt), that's when we're screwed. n/t aggiesal 10 hrs ago #2
I'm not doubting you but I'm confused of the mechanism that leaves us screwed if they sell them? AZJonnie 9 hrs ago #4
No, it's more like a run on the bank. ... aggiesal 2 hrs ago #5
Remember the Epstein Files. C Moon 10 hrs ago #3

OAITW r.2.0

(31,625 posts)
1. We are fucked so many ways.
Tue Jan 20, 2026, 11:45 PM
13 hrs ago

Aero/Auto/Farmers/Cities facing ICE invasion. When will we figure it out? Smarter minds might subsume this Country, because smarter people understand the 21st Century.

aggiesal

(10,583 posts)
2. Not yet. When they start selling all $3.4T in US Bonds (about 10% of our debt), that's when we're screwed. n/t
Wed Jan 21, 2026, 02:32 AM
10 hrs ago

AZJonnie

(2,967 posts)
4. I'm not doubting you but I'm confused of the mechanism that leaves us screwed if they sell them?
Wed Jan 21, 2026, 03:57 AM
9 hrs ago

Is it kinda like if want to sell my house and get the most equity out of it as possible but suddenly 10% of the people in my city put their homes up for sale at the same time, I'd be screwed as it would drive the value of my home way down?

aggiesal

(10,583 posts)
5. No, it's more like a run on the bank. ...
Wed Jan 21, 2026, 10:12 AM
2 hrs ago

When a bank's customers start withdrawing their money from the bank and the bank runs out of money.
When Washington Mutual Bank collapsed, around $16.7 billion was pulled out, which was roughly 9-10% of WaMu's total deposits.

When EU cashes in their bonds, we have to come up with $3+ Trillion (around ~10% of our debt), which we don't have. This could start a run on the FED just like a run on the bank.
The FED would have to increase loan rates which will propagate down to us.
Then other US bond holders will start cashing out on their bonds and the run starts.

A recession starts and jobs are lost, more bond holders start to cash out and it only gets worst.
When the Bond market goes bonkers, we (The U.S.) will be in deep trouble at this point.

All this because Mierda47 wants Greenland.

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