| ▲ | bpavuk 3 hours ago |
| and Europe. Europe should also decouple itself from the U.S. as much as it is possible, and not repeat the mistake of overreliance with China. not because China is somehow worse, but because you always should be able to say "no", no matter how good your partners are |
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| ▲ | RonanSoleste 3 hours ago | parent | next [-] |
| Europe is decoupling itself all ready also. Using SEPA-Inst and wero. |
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| ▲ | swiftcoder 3 hours ago | parent [-] | | Unfortunately decoupling payments within the EU is insufficient if the US can just threaten to sanction your bank, and in doing so force the bank to drop you as a customer. Even in the presence of an internal European payments network, those banks still need to transact with the US and other US-sphere countries... | | |
| ▲ | mahkeiro 2 hours ago | parent | next [-] | | No but then you can have local bank that will not have US interactions but can still serve you. Since the French judge of the IPC was sanctioned, it’s clear that the EU must completely decouple from the US. | |
| ▲ | toomuchtodo 2 hours ago | parent | prev [-] | | For now, but not forever. Skate to where the puck is going to be. Decoupling continues, with the target being independence. Quote this comment five years from now. |
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| ▲ | toomuchtodo 3 hours ago | parent | prev | next [-] |
| They are. https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49225112 |
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| ▲ | iwontberude 2 hours ago | parent | prev [-] |
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