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Old 04-10-2018, 05:33 AM
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Originally Posted by finnbow View Post
The Chinese hold ~$1.2 trillion in US debt. They could flood the capital markets with $100-200 billion in US Treasuries and thereby increase interest rates on US debt obligations, costing us untold billions in increased costs for debt service.
Instead, the Chinese agree to cut tariffs on autos and, maybe even more critical, improve protections on intellectual property.

https://www.apnews.com/45e28f10baa2460fb17a0b101c366067

Xi blinked?
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