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Podcast: Geopolitical Economy Report
Episode: How the USA exploits Europe, treating its 'allies' like vassals
Description: The one-sided trade agreement that Donald Trump imposed on the EU illustrates how the US empire exploits its "allies" in Europe as vassals to benefit the American oil/gas industry, Big Tech corporations, and the military-industrial complex. This did not start with Trump, but he has accelerated the vassalization of the European Union. Political economist Ben Norton explains.
VIDEO: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lpf6ZeABP1I
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0:00 Intro
1:04 US empire doesn't have allies, only vassals
2:14 US-EU trade deal & tariffs
5:19 China defended itself in trade war
6:19 Ursula von der Leyen on US energy
7:28 (CLIP) Trump on US-EU trade deal
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