Terran wrote:QUOTE (Terran @ Oct 14 2018, 01:07 PM) https://www.hudson.org/events/1610-vice ... hina102018
i'm kind of dumbfounded this hasn't been more in the news. probably because it's a republican looking good on TV and saying smart things.
It's easy to tell China wants to have more influence on the world stage. Taking control of the South China sea, not conforming to fair trade...etc...etc... I still prefer trump over a wishy washy bush, Obama or Clinton. Although there's still apart of me that feels trump is more show than do. Only time will tell I guess.
Cry,'Havoc!' and let slip the dogs of war -Julius Ceasar
Terran wrote:QUOTE (Terran @ Oct 13 2018, 10:07 PM) https://www.hudson.org/events/1610-vice ... hina102018
i'm kind of dumbfounded this hasn't been more in the news. probably because it's a republican looking good on TV and saying smart things.
Thank you. Its nice to have sane foreign policy on China from the US for the first time in a really long time. Its much too late coming to this, but at least its a start. Basically the only thing the current GOP administration has done that I'm somewhat okay with.
Don't tell Trump his plan ain't working. Record surplus China export in September with USA.
Meanwhile a Dutch baby formula company send it's products over to China by train containers. Yes, that brand new mega train track project on the old silk route that China subsidizes and hardly anyone cares about. The chinese spend a fortune on sea ports and train tracks everywhere.
Don't tell Trump his plan ain't working. Record surplus China export in September with USA.
Meanwhile a Dutch baby formula company send it's products over to China by train containers. Yes, that brand new mega train track project on the old silk route that China subsidizes and hardly anyone cares about. The chinese spend a fortune on sea ports and train tracks everywhere.
maybe this is due to the US dollar being quite high these days, enabling the US to buy that many more Chinese products. it's a short term phenomenon just like when America sold a ton of extra stuff to China and experienced a 4% annualized GDP surge right after imposing its tariffs.
basically, this reinforces the point that a trade deficit isn't necessarily a bad thing; the stronger your economy, the more likely you are to buy more from your neighbors while not necessarily selling more back (depending on the composition of your economy). more evidence to support my theory that the tariffs are not about the deficit as claimed by Trump (although it could still be what he actually believes) but rather about hurting (attacking) China's strategically competitive (threatening) industries.
LANS wrote:QUOTE (LANS @ Oct 14 2018, 03:05 PM) Thank you. Its nice to have sane foreign policy on China from the US for the first time in a really long time. Its much too late coming to this, but at least its a start. Basically the only thing the current GOP administration has done that I'm somewhat okay with.
honest talk with China might not necessarily be the best move right now. publicly accepting China's "peaceful rise" narrative while planning defensively leaves them with some room to pull back and save face. i guess that's what all American presidents since Clinton (or maybe Nixon) have been doing so far, although you can't exactly say it's worked very well.
China would rather be feared than liked. It's obvious China has a plan to be economically and militarily world leaders. It boggles my mind that in xinjiang province the Muslim uigher are being imprisoned in reeducation camps, to the tune of 100,000 to a million. The world cries out in pain when trump tweets something, but remains silent on far more worse things, such as China. I can only hope the world collectively pushes back on china, that includes Russia also.
Cry,'Havoc!' and let slip the dogs of war -Julius Ceasar
