Spain denies USA use certain bases for their Iran aggression, so Trump threatens to cut off *all trade with Spain*https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2026-03-03/trump-threatens-to-cut-off-trade-after-spain-denies-air-base-use
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@teknomagic yup. I just hope part of this will be moving faster on tech sovereignty and unplugging from US Big Tech
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Spain denies USA use certain bases for their Iran aggression, so Trump threatens to cut off *all trade with Spain*
https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2026-03-03/trump-threatens-to-cut-off-trade-after-spain-denies-air-base-useUS their trade policy is just another tool of imperialist coercion and control.
That said, I wonder if that means that Spain will lose access to all the US-based Big Tech services and tools? Because it would seem to me as if that was the case.
And if that's the case… tech sovereignty becomes even more clear of a choice for EU.
@rysiek nos va a ir muy "bien" romper relaciones comerciales con EEUU, sobre todo para todas las empresas implicadas, no pasa nada, vendra el "progre" a sacarnos las castañas del fuego, ¿verdad?
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Spain denies USA use certain bases for their Iran aggression, so Trump threatens to cut off *all trade with Spain*
https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2026-03-03/trump-threatens-to-cut-off-trade-after-spain-denies-air-base-useUS their trade policy is just another tool of imperialist coercion and control.
That said, I wonder if that means that Spain will lose access to all the US-based Big Tech services and tools? Because it would seem to me as if that was the case.
And if that's the case… tech sovereignty becomes even more clear of a choice for EU.
@rysiek battle against American terrorism
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@rysiek I'm not a lawyer, much less international trade law... but I have the strong suspicion that mighty Dear Leader has missed the fact that he probably can't single out Spain when there's established free trade agreements with the European Union
I think that's the short version of this news in Spanish about it
El Gobierno responde a Trump que tendrá que "respetar" la legalidad internacional y los acuerdos con la UE si rompe con España
"Nuestro país cuenta con los recursos necesarios para contener posibles impactos, ayudar a los sectores que pudieran verse afectados, y diversificar cadenas de suministro", dicen en Moncloa
elDiario.es (www.eldiario.es)
Around here we are feeling pretty proud for once
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Spain denies USA use certain bases for their Iran aggression, so Trump threatens to cut off *all trade with Spain*
https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2026-03-03/trump-threatens-to-cut-off-trade-after-spain-denies-air-base-useUS their trade policy is just another tool of imperialist coercion and control.
That said, I wonder if that means that Spain will lose access to all the US-based Big Tech services and tools? Because it would seem to me as if that was the case.
And if that's the case… tech sovereignty becomes even more clear of a choice for EU.
@rysiek "That's it, we're cutting you off, you won't get Edge, New Outlook, Teams, ChatGPT, online only subscription Office with ChatGPT, Notepad with ChatGPT support and a CVE, or Clippy"
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Spain denies USA use certain bases for their Iran aggression, so Trump threatens to cut off *all trade with Spain*
https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2026-03-03/trump-threatens-to-cut-off-trade-after-spain-denies-air-base-useUS their trade policy is just another tool of imperialist coercion and control.
That said, I wonder if that means that Spain will lose access to all the US-based Big Tech services and tools? Because it would seem to me as if that was the case.
And if that's the case… tech sovereignty becomes even more clear of a choice for EU.
@rysiek There is absolutely no reason to not have software sovereignty. Open source software has alternatives for almost all proprietary software that is not tied to some kind of weird hardware with weird closed source drivers.
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@rysiek even worse, now we have to rename Spanish Rice to Freedom Rice
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@rysiek If every country stopped trading with the U.S. for a month, maybe even a week, would it send a message?
@kimlockhartga The world needs to tame the arrogant bully that is the USA.
Its deep egocentricity - where gas guzzling cars driven vast distances, and meat consumption every meal is seen as their natural rights - is costing the world heavily now.
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Spain denies USA use certain bases for their Iran aggression, so Trump threatens to cut off *all trade with Spain*
https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2026-03-03/trump-threatens-to-cut-off-trade-after-spain-denies-air-base-useUS their trade policy is just another tool of imperialist coercion and control.
That said, I wonder if that means that Spain will lose access to all the US-based Big Tech services and tools? Because it would seem to me as if that was the case.
And if that's the case… tech sovereignty becomes even more clear of a choice for EU.
@rysiek - Spain just making itself an even more attractive place to move to.
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Spain denies USA use certain bases for their Iran aggression, so Trump threatens to cut off *all trade with Spain*
https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2026-03-03/trump-threatens-to-cut-off-trade-after-spain-denies-air-base-useUS their trade policy is just another tool of imperialist coercion and control.
That said, I wonder if that means that Spain will lose access to all the US-based Big Tech services and tools? Because it would seem to me as if that was the case.
And if that's the case… tech sovereignty becomes even more clear of a choice for EU.
@rysiek Best news- Spain is a sovereign country that does not bow down to imperialist bullies in their macabre business of war. Hopefully Amazon, Microsoft and other big tech get the hell out from Spain for good and stop their nasty mega AI data center project in Aragon.
While at it, please remove us from #NATO.
