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Cake day: August 5th, 2023

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  • America bonks Canada and Mexico saying "Tariff!"
America wants to bonk EU "Ta- What is that?"
EU with an RPG: "Ist meine Trade Enforcement Regulation"
America backs down "I go to China! You are very, very bad! I tariff you soon!"

    IIRC Trade Enforcement Regulation allows, among other options, for ignoring other country’s patents and trademarks until someone else says it’s time to stop. Correct me if I’m wrong.

    Edit: Seems like I misremembered, because I can’t find it mentioned in the regulation 654/2014, my bad

    Edit 2: Okay, I think I’ve found it - 654/2014 was amended by 2021/167, and as far as I understand legalese THAT one allows for suspension of intellectual property rights. I’ll wait with un-stroking the original paragraph until someone more knowledgeable confirms (or denies) my understanding