I think we’ve figured out why President Trump is doing the Steel and Aluminum tariffs ahead of the NAFTA withdrawal.
... Canadian Foreign Minister Chrystia Freeland stated:
“Should restrictions be imposed on Canadian steel and aluminum products, Canada will take responsive measures to defend its trade interests and workers,” Foreign Minister Chrystia Freeland said in a statement, calling any trade restrictions“absolutely unacceptable.”
The key word in that statement from Freeland is “products”. Why? because Canada doesn’t make more than a boutique amount of raw Steel. (Top 40 List) The Canadians, like the Mexicans, import the vast majority of their raw steel from China. Canada then fabricates products from the Chinese steel. This nuanced point is almost always lost on people who discuss trade. This point of origination is also the fatal flaw within NAFTA.
In essence Canada is a brokerage for Chinese manufactured material, and NAFTA is the access trade-door exploited by China for entry into the U.S. market.
In its current form NAFTA became an exploited doorway into the coveted U.S. market. Asian economic interests, large multinational corporations, invested in Mexico and Canada as a way to work around any direct trade deals with the U.S.
By shipping parts to Mexico and/or Canada; and by deploying satellite manufacturing and assembly facilities in Canada and/or Mexico; China, Asia and to a lesser extent EU corporations exploited a loophole. Through a process of building, assembling or manufacturing their products in Mexico/Canada those foreign corporations can skirt U.S. trade tariffs and direct U.S. trade agreements. The finished foreign products entered the U.S. under NAFTA rules.
Why deal with the U.S. when you can just deal with Mexico, and use NAFTA rules to ship your product directly into the U.S. market?
This exploitative approach, a backdoor to the U.S. market, was the primary reason for massive foreign investment in Canada and Mexico; it was also the primary reason why candidate Donald Trump, now President Donald Trump, wanted to shut down that loophole and renegotiate NAFTA.
This loophole was the primary reason for U.S. manufacturers to relocate operations to Mexico. Corporations within the U.S. Auto-Sector could enhance profits by building in Mexico or Canada using parts imported from Asia/China. The labor factor was not as big a part of the overall cost consideration as cheaper parts and imported raw materials.
... As soon as President Trump withdrew from TPP the problem with the Canada and Mexico loophole grew. All corporations from TPP nations would now have an option to exploit the same NAFTA loophole.
Why ship directly to the U.S., or manufacturer inside the U.S., when you could just assemble in Mexico and Canada and use NAFTA to bring your products to the ultimate goal, the massive U.S. market?
Aaaand, Mark Levin does not get it. At all.
I thought the information in my first post was self-explanatory in that regard. Do you not agree?
Once again Trump is playing 4-D chess in a world where 99% of journalists can only think 2-D, tops. That is far and away the best explanation of what is going on.
One Chinese billionaire controls almost 20% of the world's aluminum supply, and controls access to it and the price of it by using NAFTA to funnel it into the US.
This has to change, and Trump is right. If he has to threaten to blow everything up with tariffs to convince the world he's serious, I support his effort.
I like what Trump is doing, and all it cost so far was an asshole from Goldman-Sachs.
Former Minnesota boy, Vox Day, writes on the tarrif issue. Pat Buchannan writes a good piece as well.
If Trump pissed off Gary Cohn and Wall Street that is just an added benefit IMO.
http://voxday.blogspot.com/2018/03/us-tariffs-and-trade-war.html (http://voxday.blogspot.com/2018/03/us-tariffs-and-trade-war.html)
http://voxday.blogspot.com/2018/03/main-street-first.html (http://voxday.blogspot.com/2018/03/main-street-first.html)
http://voxday.blogspot.com/2018/03/free-traders-freak-out.html (http://voxday.blogspot.com/2018/03/free-traders-freak-out.html)
http://voxday.blogspot.com/2018/03/the-trump-tariffs-and-economic.html (http://voxday.blogspot.com/2018/03/the-trump-tariffs-and-economic.html)
http://www.unz.com/pbuchanan/why-is-the-gop-terrified-of-tariffs/ (http://www.unz.com/pbuchanan/why-is-the-gop-terrified-of-tariffs/)
Why Is the GOP Terrified of Tariffs?
PAT BUCHANAN • MARCH 6, 2018 • 800 WORDS • 62 COMMENTS
From Lincoln to William McKinley to Theodore Roosevelt, and from Warren Harding through Calvin Coolidge, the Republican Party erected the most awesome manufacturing machine the world had ever seen.
And, as the party of high tariffs through those seven decades, the GOP was rewarded by becoming America’s Party.
Thirteen Republican presidents served from 1860 to 1930, and only two Democrats. And Grover Cleveland and Woodrow Wilson were elected only because the Republicans had split.
Why, then, this terror of tariffs that grips the GOP?
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How have EU nations run up endless trade surpluses with America? By imposing a value-added tax, or VAT, on imports from the U.S., while rebating the VAT on exports to the USA. Works just like a tariff.
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I like what Trump is doing, and all it cost so far was an asshole from Goldman-Sachs.
A theory I read: Trump brings people on board for a specific purpose; once that purpose is accomplished, ciao.
Cohn was on board to shepherd the tax cuts, but he has/had a problem with the tariffs. Tax cuts done, so ciao.
Wilbur Ross is on board to deal with the tariff issue.
Seems logical to me.
I like what Trump is doing, and all it cost so far was an asshole from Goldman-Sachs.
A theory I read: Trump brings people on board for a specific purpose; once that purpose is accomplished, ciao.
Cohn was on board to shepherd the tax cuts, but he has/had a problem with the tariffs. Tax cuts done, so ciao.
Wilbur Ross is on board to deal with the tariff issue.
Seems logical to me.
Keep the employee count down.
We can rearrange supply chains to buy from other countries or ramp up our own production. Can it be inflationary? Perhaps. Will it be disruptive in the short term? Probably.
But what is the long term cost financing China's exploitation of their smaller Asian neighbors? What is the long term cost of having millions of Americans not employable? Not everyone can "learn code."
I'm not knee jerk free trade, anymore. Anyone not named Kevin Williamson can look out and see the cost of exporting all the low skilled labor production.
I had always thought that Conservatives believed in free trade. Aren't tariffs onerous government regulations? Shouldn't private companies be able to negotiate their own deals? Aren't taxes just bad and stifling in general?
I had always thought that Conservatives believed in free trade. Aren't tariffs onerous government regulations? Shouldn't private companies be able to negotiate their own deals? Aren't taxes just bad and stifling in general?
I had always thought that Conservatives believed in free trade. Aren't tariffs onerous government regulations? Shouldn't private companies be able to negotiate their own deals? Aren't taxes just bad and stifling in general?
I believe in fair trade. And there's nothing wrong with tariffs - as long as they aren't applied in a ham-fisted way.
I guess I don't know a ham-fisted way from any other.. What makes one tariff bad and another one good?
Club for growth said “The idea of imposing steel or aluminum tariffs of any kind is an affront to economic freedom,” . “First and foremost, it’s bad for the American worker. For every steel worker job that might be saved because of a tariff, our country will lose even more American jobs in auto plants, construction, and so many other industries.
“Tariffs will also harm the pro-growth effects of the tax cuts, stall the economy, incite a trade war, and help hand the election to the Democrats."
https://www.clubforgrowth.org/uncategorized/club-for-growth-warns-against-steel-and-aluminum-tariffs-and-taxes/ (https://www.clubforgrowth.org/uncategorized/club-for-growth-warns-against-steel-and-aluminum-tariffs-and-taxes/)
Isn't that the "conservative" position?
Years ago the French were upset about a French Disneyland polluting France with American culture.
Years ago the French were upset about a French Disneyland polluting France with American culture.
Odd. I always thought the French were sort of Mickey Mouse to begin with. ::laughonfloor::
Auto builders will buy from whoever has the alloy and the price they don't care who it is. They don't dictate any more than that. And the auto industry deals with tariffs already. How are tariffs going to stop construction? They bid the jobs and that's it everybody pays the same for steel based on volume they buy.
We can't kill off our steel plants and survive as a nation.
ETA:
This is about negotiations not tariffs, the Chinese won't let it get there.
Trump just blinked-- Again-- on his often repeated campaign slogan that he would "label China a currency manipulator"
https://www.nytimes.com/2018/04/13/us/politics/trump-china-currency-manipulator.html (https://www.nytimes.com/2018/04/13/us/politics/trump-china-currency-manipulator.html)
I think that demonstrates American weakness to China.
That was a little jargony and I didn't understand all of it.
Elected Republicans can either embrace him or pack their bags like Paul Ryan. Trump is pulling the mainstream toward him. If you like him and trust him then that must feel great. I don't like him or trust him and I grieve for what was once a great party.
That was a little jargony and I didn't understand all of it.
The RINO's suck and are getting their ass kicked. How's that?Elected Republicans can either embrace him or pack their bags like Paul Ryan. Trump is pulling the mainstream toward him. If you like him and trust him then that must feel great. I don't like him or trust him and I grieve for what was once a great party.
The DC establishment hates his guts and they (along with the lamestream media) have done EVERYTHING in their power to subvert/destroy Trump. And yet he gets more popular by the day. The American people are tired of everything about the DC swamp and the establishment. They are on a search and destroy mission to root out the ruling elite.
Your mourning of the "Republican" party that hasn't done sh!t in decades just shows how you've been drinking from the MSM way too much.
"The Establishment" is a term that I don't think has a precise definition. Abstractions are only helpful if you can trace them back to their literal meanings. Could you re-phrase that in terms of concrete people or institutions?
Who specifically are the "DC swamp and establishment" and why do they "hate his guts"?
Why would anyone mourn the 'old' GOP? GHWB? GWB? Romney? Mccain?
One of my favorite moments was in the GOP debates where Trump was the only one one stage who was not a warmonger. Of course that upset the military industrial complex so all we hear now is about Russia.
Another moment was where Trump said that the GOP was now the workers party and Bernie's head likely exploded. The fact that the Dems and GOP had both crapped on US workers was laid bare.
That was a little jargony and I didn't understand all of it.
The RINO's suck and are getting their ass kicked. How's that?Elected Republicans can either embrace him or pack their bags like Paul Ryan. Trump is pulling the mainstream toward him. If you like him and trust him then that must feel great. I don't like him or trust him and I grieve for what was once a great party.
The DC establishment hates his guts and they (along with the lamestream media) have done EVERYTHING in their power to subvert/destroy Trump. And yet he gets more popular by the day. The American people are tired of everything about the DC swamp and the establishment. They are on a search and destroy mission to root out the ruling elite.
Your mourning of the "Republican" party that hasn't done sh!t in decades just shows how you've been drinking from the MSM way too much.
"Things" change, but human nature doesn't.
You heard the saying "you will be made to care" about all things homo? Lots of us do, and not in a good way.
You're not a liberal, you're a totalitarian. Same as it ever was.
you mean to say that I personally am a totalitarian?
"Things" change, but human nature doesn't.
You heard the saying "you will be made to care" about all things homo? Lots of us do, and not in a good way.
You're not a liberal, you're a totalitarian. Same as it ever was.
you mean to say that I personally am a totalitarian?
Please note the modus operandi, here, same as on ACOC: ask stupid questions that he damn well knows the answer to already; feigning ignorance as to the point you make, same ol', same ol',...
Aenides,
You made it very clear, on ACOC, that you were first and foremost a Bernie supporter (I'm sure this comes as a bit of a shock to the regulars HERE...NOT!), ergo, you are definitely an admitted totalitarian, as in you support the state having TOTAL control of EVERYTHING, including our own personal lives and fortunes. Own it, sweet pea.
The UK has a mixed economy more socialized than ours with features consistent with Bernie's platform such as universal healthcare. Do you consider the U.K. to be a totalitarian state?
...
If I were going to list some totalitarian regimes I'd name Stalinist USSR, fascist Germany, North Korea, or Hussein's Iraq as prime examples because they do not tolerate divergent opinions. In fact that's a part of the definition of "totalitarian":
"of or relating to a centralized government that does not tolerate parties of differing opinion and that exercises dictatorial control over many aspects of life." http://www.dictionary.com/browse/totalitarian?s=t (http://www.dictionary.com/browse/totalitarian?s=t)
The U.K. does tolerate parties of differing opinion. From their Human Rights act:
"Everyone has the right to freedom of expression. This right shall include freedom to hold opinions and to receive and impart information and ideas without interference by public authority and regardless of frontiers. This Article shall not prevent States from requiring the licensing of broadcasting, television or cinema enterprises."
https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/1998/42/schedule/1/part/I/chapter/9 (https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/1998/42/schedule/1/part/I/chapter/9)
I disagree that having an economy more mixed than ours (ours is too btw) makes a country "totalitarian".
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I do like McCain. He's an honorable man and a patriot. For all his faults W. Bush was sincere and he meant well. GHWB oftentimes put himself in grave danger in World War 2. He was willing to make the ultimate sacrifice for our nation and nearly did when he was shot down in the Pacific. He then served in the house, as an ambassador and in the CIA helping to defend us from the USSR during the cold war despite having a successful business. He didn't serve for the money. He served to serve. Romney was unlucky to be pinched in an awkward spot between the primary and the general in 2012. As a result of that I don't think most of us got to see the "Real" Mitt.
I think that all of these men were decent and honestly cared for their country.
I don't see this kind of honor and sacrifice in the new GOP.
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If I were going to list some totalitarian regimes I'd name Stalinist USSR, fascist Germany, North Korea, or Hussein's Iraq as prime examples because they do not tolerate divergent opinions. In fact that's a part of the definition of "totalitarian":
"of or relating to a centralized government that does not tolerate parties of differing opinion and that exercises dictatorial control over many aspects of life." http://www.dictionary.com/browse/totalitarian?s=t (http://www.dictionary.com/browse/totalitarian?s=t)
The U.K. does tolerate parties of differing opinion. From their Human Rights act:
"Everyone has the right to freedom of expression. This right shall include freedom to hold opinions and to receive and impart information and ideas without interference by public authority and regardless of frontiers. This Article shall not prevent States from requiring the licensing of broadcasting, television or cinema enterprises."
https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/1998/42/schedule/1/part/I/chapter/9 (https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/1998/42/schedule/1/part/I/chapter/9)
I disagree that having an economy more mixed than ours (ours is too btw) makes a country "totalitarian".
The UK can and does prosecute people for anything the govt says is 'hate speech' which includes any opinions about ethnic groups or religions. Being factually correct is not a defense. They have also recently refused entry to people having incorrect political views from the country. I recall that speakers corner in Hyde park featured Orwell, Lenin, and Marx in the past. Now you can be prosecuted for making politically incorrect speeches there.
It is what it is. It does not matter much whether or not you put the label 'totalitarian' on it.
I'm willing to be corrected if I am wrong, can you post a link to a good example of prosecution for having "any opinions about ethnic groups or religions"?
BRITAIN FIRST DEPUTY Who is Jayda Fransen? Britain First deputy leader jailed after being found guilty of religiously aggravated harassment
Fransen, 31, was found guilty of four counts of religiously aggravated harassment
https://www.thesun.co.uk/news/5027146/jayda-fransen-britain-first-jailed-religiously-aggravated-harassment/ (https://www.thesun.co.uk/news/5027146/jayda-fransen-britain-first-jailed-religiously-aggravated-harassment/)
If I were going to list some totalitarian regimes I'd name Stalinist USSR, fascist Germany,...
"Things" change, but human nature doesn't.
You heard the saying "you will be made to care" about all things homo? Lots of us do, and not in a good way.
You're not a liberal, you're a totalitarian. Same as it ever was.
you mean to say that I personally am a totalitarian?
Please note the modus operandi, here, same as on ACOC: ask stupid questions that he damn well knows the answer to already; feigning ignorance as to the point you make, same ol', same ol',...
Aenides,
You made it very clear, on ACOC, that you were first and foremost a Bernie supporter (I'm sure this comes as a bit of a shock to the regulars HERE...NOT!), ergo, you are definitely an admitted totalitarian, as in you support the state having TOTAL control of EVERYTHING, including our own personal lives and fortunes. Own it, sweet pea.
The UK has a mixed economy more socialized than ours with features consistent with Bernie's platform such as universal healthcare. Do you consider the U.K. to be a totalitarian state?
I'm willing to be corrected if I am wrong, can you post a link to a good example of prosecution for having "any opinions about ethnic groups or religions"?
No blood, no report, Libertas.
"Things" change, but human nature doesn't.
You heard the saying "you will be made to care" about all things homo? Lots of us do, and not in a good way.
You're not a liberal, you're a totalitarian. Same as it ever was.
you mean to say that I personally am a totalitarian?
Please note the modus operandi, here, same as on ACOC: ask stupid questions that he damn well knows the answer to already; feigning ignorance as to the point you make, same ol', same ol',...
Aenides,
You made it very clear, on ACOC, that you were first and foremost a Bernie supporter (I'm sure this comes as a bit of a shock to the regulars HERE...NOT!), ergo, you are definitely an admitted totalitarian, as in you support the state having TOTAL control of EVERYTHING, including our own personal lives and fortunes. Own it, sweet pea.
The UK has a mixed economy more socialized than ours with features consistent with Bernie's platform such as universal healthcare. Do you consider the U.K. to be a totalitarian state?
Do I? You're gawdamned right I do. The hell with its "mixed economy".
They held Charlie Gard in a hospital and wouldn't permit -- PERMIT, got that? -- his parents to bring him here to the US for treatment, at no cost to the UK. Totalitarian much?
And now they're doing it again with Alfie Evans.
I don't care what the Brit doctors say about the futility of treatment; these babies do not belong to the State, they belong to their parents, and the fact that the parents cannot even take them out of the country for treatment is sinful; it's f ucking evil.
There's your totalitarian State.
Write one friggin word other than "yes ma'am" to me, you sonofab itch, and I will ban your sorry ass.
I'm curious, what do you think about U.S. laws prohibiting parents from denying life-saving treatment to parents based on religious grounds? For example, Jehova's Witnesses do not practice blood transfusion based on their interpretation of scripture. If a physician has a reasonable expectation that a child will die if they do not receive a transfusion, should the parent be liable for abuse / neglect if they refuse it? Should the state pass a law permitting or even forcing the physician to override the parent's choice in this case?
Lasted longer than I thought.
It takes a lot to make me nasty and snarky.
I recall slamming him on ACOC and feeling a little bad about it.
I guess he is now an unperson.
It takes a lot to make me nasty and snarky.
I recall slamming him on ACOC and feeling a little bad about it.
I guess he is now an unperson.
Those kind of anal people get my attention for about 5 seconds, tops. Typical of the global warming cult.
The destruction of the U.S. industrial and manufacturing base is EXACTLY WHY the wealth gap has exploded in the past 30 years.
I'm pretty sure Trump can walk and chew gum at the same time.
I'm pretty sure Trump can walk and chew gum at the same time.
That was about my views not Trumps.
Their priorities may change to foodstuffs following the collapse of their swine herd. Or not if it is just the proletariat who sufffer.
Lets see if the big shots have any pride at all. When the threats start it's time to fold and get out.
Well well well...lookie what we have here...
https://theconservativetreehouse.com/2019/06/17/ho-lee-cats-is-it-happening-chairman-xi-announces-visit-to-north-korea/
...if Xi cannot give Trump what he wants...will he force the NORK's?
What will he force...defiance and a unified front...or their nukes so the noose is loosened on China? Funny thing is...why would winning loosen the noose on his neck? There is a real possibility that Trump can get both concessions!
Well well well...lookie what we have here...
https://theconservativetreehouse.com/2019/06/17/ho-lee-cats-is-it-happening-chairman-xi-announces-visit-to-north-korea/ (https://theconservativetreehouse.com/2019/06/17/ho-lee-cats-is-it-happening-chairman-xi-announces-visit-to-north-korea/)
...if Xi cannot give Trump what he wants...will he force the NORK's?
What will he force...defiance and a unified front...or their nukes so the noose is loosened on China? Funny thing is...why would winning loosen the noose on his neck? There is a real possibility that Trump can get both concessions!
Zackly! The bigger fish forces the little fish to take a hit for the team and the big fish gets a little break.
France and Macron can FOAD!
::vafancoul::
https://au.news.yahoo.com/trump-uncorks-french-wine-threat-digital-tax-retaliation-200823687--spt.html
I say nail 'em with an equal amount they nail us...then sit back and giggle as they twist and squirm trying to argue the unfairness of it all!
Vietnam has said that China's been labeling their own goods as 'Made In Vietnam'.
Vietnam has said that China's been labeling their own goods as 'Made In Vietnam'.
I'm shocked shocked to learn that China cheats.
Wrinning! :D
Never have I seen a leader like Trump lay bare so many obvious truths most in the world have denied...around the globe he is having an impact.
And the China/NORK thing...
https://theconservativetreehouse.com/2019/10/09/u-s-china-trade-discussions-going-no-where-by-design-expect-more-trump-tariffs-and-more-beijing-dprk-missile-tests/ (https://theconservativetreehouse.com/2019/10/09/u-s-china-trade-discussions-going-no-where-by-design-expect-more-trump-tariffs-and-more-beijing-dprk-missile-tests/)
...does Xi really think yanking Kim's ball-chain and launching a few Nork missiles is going to make Trump drop his winning strategy? Especially now that the romance with India is in full bloom with more partners lining up for a dance?
::laughonfloor::
Horri sheet, Xi wun dum roosah! ::hysterical::
Oh, and President Trump jerked the Obama giveaway of the Port of Long Beach!
https://www.judicialwatch.org/corruption-chronicles/trump-rids-major-u-s-container-port-of-chinese-communist-control/?utm_source=deployer&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=corruption+chronicles&utm_term=members&utm_content=20191010020519 (https://www.judicialwatch.org/corruption-chronicles/trump-rids-major-u-s-container-port-of-chinese-communist-control/?utm_source=deployer&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=corruption+chronicles&utm_term=members&utm_content=20191010020519)
Rinning x's 2! ::whoohoo::
Never have I seen a leader like Trump lay bare so many obvious truths most in the world have denied...around the globe he is having an impact.
And the China/NORK thing...
https://theconservativetreehouse.com/2019/10/09/u-s-china-trade-discussions-going-no-where-by-design-expect-more-trump-tariffs-and-more-beijing-dprk-missile-tests/ (https://theconservativetreehouse.com/2019/10/09/u-s-china-trade-discussions-going-no-where-by-design-expect-more-trump-tariffs-and-more-beijing-dprk-missile-tests/)
...does Xi really think yanking Kim's ball-chain and launching a few Nork missiles is going to make Trump drop his winning strategy? Especially now that the romance with India is in full bloom with more partners lining up for a dance?
::laughonfloor::
Horri sheet, Xi wun dum roosah! ::hysterical::
Oh, and President Trump jerked the Obama giveaway of the Port of Long Beach!
https://www.judicialwatch.org/corruption-chronicles/trump-rids-major-u-s-container-port-of-chinese-communist-control/?utm_source=deployer&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=corruption+chronicles&utm_term=members&utm_content=20191010020519 (https://www.judicialwatch.org/corruption-chronicles/trump-rids-major-u-s-container-port-of-chinese-communist-control/?utm_source=deployer&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=corruption+chronicles&utm_term=members&utm_content=20191010020519)
Rinning x's 2! ::whoohoo::
Never have I seen a leader like Trump lay bare so many obvious truths most in the world have denied...around the globe he is having an impact.
And the China/NORK thing...
https://theconservativetreehouse.com/2019/10/09/u-s-china-trade-discussions-going-no-where-by-design-expect-more-trump-tariffs-and-more-beijing-dprk-missile-tests/ (https://theconservativetreehouse.com/2019/10/09/u-s-china-trade-discussions-going-no-where-by-design-expect-more-trump-tariffs-and-more-beijing-dprk-missile-tests/)
...does Xi really think yanking Kim's ball-chain and launching a few Nork missiles is going to make Trump drop his winning strategy? Especially now that the romance with India is in full bloom with more partners lining up for a dance?
::laughonfloor::
Horri sheet, Xi wun dum roosah! ::hysterical::
Oh, and President Trump jerked the Obama giveaway of the Port of Long Beach!
https://www.judicialwatch.org/corruption-chronicles/trump-rids-major-u-s-container-port-of-chinese-communist-control/?utm_source=deployer&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=corruption+chronicles&utm_term=members&utm_content=20191010020519 (https://www.judicialwatch.org/corruption-chronicles/trump-rids-major-u-s-container-port-of-chinese-communist-control/?utm_source=deployer&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=corruption+chronicles&utm_term=members&utm_content=20191010020519)
Rinning x's 2! ::whoohoo::
One has to ask just how much did Pelosi et all made on that deal and where is the money hidden?
Never have I seen a leader like Trump lay bare so many obvious truths most in the world have denied...around the globe he is having an impact.
And the China/NORK thing...
https://theconservativetreehouse.com/2019/10/09/u-s-china-trade-discussions-going-no-where-by-design-expect-more-trump-tariffs-and-more-beijing-dprk-missile-tests/ (https://theconservativetreehouse.com/2019/10/09/u-s-china-trade-discussions-going-no-where-by-design-expect-more-trump-tariffs-and-more-beijing-dprk-missile-tests/)
...does Xi really think yanking Kim's ball-chain and launching a few Nork missiles is going to make Trump drop his winning strategy? Especially now that the romance with India is in full bloom with more partners lining up for a dance?
::laughonfloor::
Horri sheet, Xi wun dum roosah! ::hysterical::
Oh, and President Trump jerked the Obama giveaway of the Port of Long Beach!
https://www.judicialwatch.org/corruption-chronicles/trump-rids-major-u-s-container-port-of-chinese-communist-control/?utm_source=deployer&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=corruption+chronicles&utm_term=members&utm_content=20191010020519 (https://www.judicialwatch.org/corruption-chronicles/trump-rids-major-u-s-container-port-of-chinese-communist-control/?utm_source=deployer&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=corruption+chronicles&utm_term=members&utm_content=20191010020519)
Rinning x's 2! ::whoohoo::
One has to ask just how much did Pelosi et all made on that deal and where is the money hidden?
How does she stay in Congress decades, on a relatively paltry government salary...and yet have hundreds of millions in net worth...and have the gall to demand the tax returns of a President donating 100% of his salary?
Evil Satanic Socialist Criminal Scum, that's how.
Never have I seen a leader like Trump lay bare so many obvious truths most in the world have denied...around the globe he is having an impact.
And the China/NORK thing...
https://theconservativetreehouse.com/2019/10/09/u-s-china-trade-discussions-going-no-where-by-design-expect-more-trump-tariffs-and-more-beijing-dprk-missile-tests/ (https://theconservativetreehouse.com/2019/10/09/u-s-china-trade-discussions-going-no-where-by-design-expect-more-trump-tariffs-and-more-beijing-dprk-missile-tests/)
...does Xi really think yanking Kim's ball-chain and launching a few Nork missiles is going to make Trump drop his winning strategy? Especially now that the romance with India is in full bloom with more partners lining up for a dance?
::laughonfloor::
Horri sheet, Xi wun dum roosah! ::hysterical::
Oh, and President Trump jerked the Obama giveaway of the Port of Long Beach!
https://www.judicialwatch.org/corruption-chronicles/trump-rids-major-u-s-container-port-of-chinese-communist-control/?utm_source=deployer&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=corruption+chronicles&utm_term=members&utm_content=20191010020519 (https://www.judicialwatch.org/corruption-chronicles/trump-rids-major-u-s-container-port-of-chinese-communist-control/?utm_source=deployer&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=corruption+chronicles&utm_term=members&utm_content=20191010020519)
Rinning x's 2! ::whoohoo::
One has to ask just how much did Pelosi et all made on that deal and where is the money hidden?
How does she stay in Congress decades, on a relatively paltry government salary...and yet have hundreds of millions in net worth...and have the gall to demand the tax returns of a President donating 100% of his salary?
Evil Satanic Socialist Criminal Scum, that's how.
So how do you really feel? ::unknowncomic::
That's why China caved and is now importing America farm products, again. They can't feed themselves. They can't find other places to buy the food to feed their people other than America.
Pork is soaring in price. I don't know the price of soybeans, there, but they're a huge part of the diet, also, from soy sauce to tofu to that little dish where you eat soybeans in the pod.
That's why China caved and is now importing America farm products, again. They can't feed themselves. They can't find other places to buy the food to feed their people other than America.
Pork is soaring in price. I don't know the price of soybeans, there, but they're a huge part of the diet, also, from soy sauce to tofu to that little dish where you eat soybeans in the pod.
Great. Now the damn pork chops are going to cost an arm and a leg here.
Great. Now the damn pork chops are going to cost an arm and a leg here.
That's why China caved and is now importing America farm products, again.
That's why China caved and is now importing America farm products, again.
They're also importing from Brazil.
https://www.reuters.com/article/us-usa-trade-china-soybeans/after-trade-talks-in-u-s-china-ramps-up-brazilian-soy-purchases-idUSKBN1WX1AG?il=0 (https://www.reuters.com/article/us-usa-trade-china-soybeans/after-trade-talks-in-u-s-china-ramps-up-brazilian-soy-purchases-idUSKBN1WX1AG?il=0)
That's why China caved and is now importing America farm products, again.
They're also importing from Brazil.
https://www.reuters.com/article/us-usa-trade-china-soybeans/after-trade-talks-in-u-s-china-ramps-up-brazilian-soy-purchases-idUSKBN1WX1AG?il=0 (https://www.reuters.com/article/us-usa-trade-china-soybeans/after-trade-talks-in-u-s-china-ramps-up-brazilian-soy-purchases-idUSKBN1WX1AG?il=0)
Hmm, lemme see here...
Bushel of soy beans is 60 pounds, metric ton (I'm sure this article is metric) is 36.74 bushels, 480,000 metric tons would be 8,000 bushels...bushel is about $933 per...wait, article says $173M in US $'s? If true the Brazilians are raping the heck out of their BRIC-mate! Makes that "China" not in a hurry to buy from US quip seem like a load of crap!
::hysterical::
That's why China caved and is now importing America farm products, again.
They're also importing from Brazil.
https://www.reuters.com/article/us-usa-trade-china-soybeans/after-trade-talks-in-u-s-china-ramps-up-brazilian-soy-purchases-idUSKBN1WX1AG?il=0 (https://www.reuters.com/article/us-usa-trade-china-soybeans/after-trade-talks-in-u-s-china-ramps-up-brazilian-soy-purchases-idUSKBN1WX1AG?il=0)
Hmm, lemme see here...
Bushel of soy beans is 60 pounds, metric ton (I'm sure this article is metric) is 36.74 bushels, 480,000 metric tons would be 8,000 bushels...bushel is about $933 per...wait, article says $173M in US $'s? If true the Brazilians are raping the heck out of their BRIC-mate! Makes that "China" not in a hurry to buy from US quip seem like a load of crap!
::hysterical::
Seems to indicate urgency on their part...
https://www.zerohedge.com/commodities/global-times-says-china-doesnt-need-us-pork-ensure-domestic-pork-supply (https://www.zerohedge.com/commodities/global-times-says-china-doesnt-need-us-pork-ensure-domestic-pork-supply)
...let's see how long these pals can keep this up.
That's why China caved and is now importing America farm products, again.
They're also importing from Brazil.
https://www.reuters.com/article/us-usa-trade-china-soybeans/after-trade-talks-in-u-s-china-ramps-up-brazilian-soy-purchases-idUSKBN1WX1AG?il=0 (https://www.reuters.com/article/us-usa-trade-china-soybeans/after-trade-talks-in-u-s-china-ramps-up-brazilian-soy-purchases-idUSKBN1WX1AG?il=0)
Hmm, lemme see here...
Bushel of soy beans is 60 pounds, metric ton (I'm sure this article is metric) is 36.74 bushels, 480,000 metric tons would be 8,000 bushels...bushel is about $933 per...wait, article says $173M in US $'s? If true the Brazilians are raping the heck out of their BRIC-mate! Makes that "China" not in a hurry to buy from US quip seem like a load of crap!
::hysterical::
Seems to indicate urgency on their part...
https://www.zerohedge.com/commodities/global-times-says-china-doesnt-need-us-pork-ensure-domestic-pork-supply (https://www.zerohedge.com/commodities/global-times-says-china-doesnt-need-us-pork-ensure-domestic-pork-supply)
...let's see how long these pals can keep this up.
OH really is that why China bought Smithfield here in the U.S. ? Cause they don't need pork?
...
And now the Chi-Com's are raping people with gilded copper (fake!) gold bars...83 fricken tons of it!
https://www.zerohedge.com/markets/83-tons-fake-gold-bars-gold-market-rocked-massive-china-counterfeiting-scandal (https://www.zerohedge.com/markets/83-tons-fake-gold-bars-gold-market-rocked-massive-china-counterfeiting-scandal)
...the Wuhan Flu...the Wuhan Scam...gosh, what's next?
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And now the Chi-Com's are raping people with gilded copper (fake!) gold bars...83 fricken tons of it!
https://www.zerohedge.com/markets/83-tons-fake-gold-bars-gold-market-rocked-massive-china-counterfeiting-scandal (https://www.zerohedge.com/markets/83-tons-fake-gold-bars-gold-market-rocked-massive-china-counterfeiting-scandal)
...the Wuhan Flu...the Wuhan Scam...gosh, what's next?
...
WOW.
I used to watch the video blogs of the ADVChina guys. My understanding of China is 100s of anecdotes and examples.
They are honest to people they owe a duty of honesty to. That includes family. They cheat others including strangers and especially foreigners. I do not hate Chinese. They are what they are. it is best to recognize what they are.
They get a lot more for their money via loans than the US military gets with weapons. I do not side with them but respect them.
It is good to see Trump going after Chinese spies in the US. They are just being loyal to China.