Tag: China
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Boxed In
Iran has been around in its various forms for 2800 years. The US has only been around about 400 years. Iran has been playing this game a whole lot longer and it is showing. Just a week ago, on Easter Sunday, Trump demanded that Iran open ‘the fuckin strait’ or the Iranian civilization would be…
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Carney And China
“ we take the world as it is, not as we wish it to be” This is a statement made by Mark Carney, following the announcement of a trade deal with China that will reduce tariffs on canola going into China and electric vehicles coming from China. For years, Canada and China have had a…
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And Now
It is early days. Day two actually of the US takeover of Venezuela. Trump has already said that the US will be running Venezuela, for the time being. Trump is also saying that no one in Venezuela is capable at this time to run the country. Trump also promised to invest big time in the…
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Power Games
The Shanghai Cooperation Organization Summit (SCO) is wrapping up today in China. The summit included countries from Asia, the Middle East and Africa. The primary players include China Russia, India, and North Korea. During the summit, Chinese leader Xi promised $280 million in loans to SCO. Member states this year and over 1 billion in…
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OOOPPS
China is hosting a two day Shanghai Cooperation Organization Summit this week. It is a definite show of force, intent to display to the west, that China is a world leader in international affairs and has a number of allies behind it The usual suspects will be there, including Putin of Russia and Kim Jong-Il…
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At It Again
TACO Trump is added again with this tariff force. “The bad news is that China, perhaps not surprisingly to some, HAS TOTALLY VIOLATED ITS AGREEMENT WITH US. So much for being Mr. NICE GUY!” If TACO had done this three weeks ago, the stock markets would’ve been fluctuating wildly on it’s decent down. TACO issued…
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Simple Math, Donald
Donald Trump wants Apple to manufacture their cell phones in the US. Actually, he wants a whole swath of items currently being imported from China to be made in the US. Sounds simple, right. Not. In 2021 the average American worker made $58,000 per year. The average Chinese worker made $16,000 a year. That’s about…
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Call Me
There are so many things to unpack with the Trump tariff circus. The latest being the 145% tariff in China and then exempting electronics such as computer, computers and phones. But Trump is saying this is only temporary. Trump also says that he is waiting for a call from Chinese leader Xi Jinping, to start…
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Trust Gone
Would you buy a used car from this man? The one on the right, not the portrait. The Trump tariff circus continues. It is a circus in that he has flipped and flopped, all over the place, in the past couple of months. Does anyone know what he’s gonna do tomorrow? No. Not even his…
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Reality
Trump backed down yesterday. The Dow Jones went up almost 3000 points in reaction to it. But reality is sinking in. The Dow will go down today because nothing has really changed Most countries, except for Canada and Mexico with USMCA goods, and Russia, because Trump and Putin are Bros, still have a 10% tariff…