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I think America has more to loose than Norway in these talks. So I kind of doubt Trump even wants to make a scene. Besidss, Støre’s got Stoltenberg with him, who just got done being the NATO GN for a decade.

He said what now?

My portfolio was green when OBEX closed .

Not by much and it’s probably red again tomorrow but one can hope

At least the stock market is gonna keep going up again until the next escalation or if negotiations fail.

I could not have said it better myself!

This and the subreddits I frequent are dangerously filled with people whom I agree with and that agree with me. Back in the “good” days when Forums were all the rage I was exposed to a lot more variety and got to talk to people who were worth having a discussion with. Too bad I was a young idiot and the forum I spent the most time on was paintball forum. (TechPB if anyone’s curious)

The art of the deal right there

A few more months of Trump being in office will probably make the Euro stronger than the USD.

Jesus fucking christ this is some evil shit.

SP is hopefully dead after they rage quit the Government and have continued to go back on most issues they’ve been focusing on. Vedum is a fucking idiot and I think most people see right through him.

FRP on the other hand, they’re not that far right og AP and H. And I doubt Listhaug would actually do much more than impose some restrictions on social benefits, immigration and cur some meaningless taxes that only apply to rich people.(Like the horsepower tax on boats) But they’re both populists through and through.

So the EU takes no cut whatsoever on what Sweden makes on their exports? I doubt that. Some is obvious, but how much? What does the regular Swede stand to gain from it?

If I remember right there were talks of the EU imposing tariffs on Norwegian seafood due to a disagreement on who could fish where on our borders in the North Sea and Skagerrak. I didn’t hear more about if after reading a news story last year so I don’t know how it was resolved. But this is one thing I’ll have to look into before making a choice if I’m against or for a full membership.

What happens to our fossil fuel exports? Will we keep complete sovereignty or will there be a deal where Norway is forced to share? For example, look what sharing Norwegian produced hydroelectricity with Europe has done to the cost of electricity. Granted, the Norwegian government has made some serious overhead by selling green energy to the EU and buying cheaper energy back. But Norwegians have seen a ridiculous increase on electricity costs also, people don’t like that.

Another factor is Russia. We are territorial neighbors in the arctic and have a fairly brittle agreement about a very, very strategic island called Svalbard. Not to mention fishing territory in the north and arctic sea. We’re obviously a founding member of NATO, but will a EU membership create more tension with Putin?

We are facing issues that we have to have faith will be resolved in the best interest of all parties without us losing more than we bargained for.

All this being said, I’m not completely opposed to becoming a member. I’m just reserved.

My main concern about a EU membership is what happens to our national fund and out sovereign right to our natural resources. I’m in the unsure column as for now if this comes up to a vote.

Time is coming where keeping the status quo won’t be possible and I think more Norwegians are starting to realize this. Change, in some form or another, is coming.

Just ban the fucking shit is what I say.

China can make quality products but those aren’t sold on Temu.