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07-03-2018, 01:17 PM
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I am sure that die hard Trump supporters can be talked into playing Russian Roulette, Russia after all is Trump's favorite country.
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07-06-2018, 11:29 AM
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This column is probably behind a paywall. One can vividly see the corruption and self dealing within the Trump Organization, especially with ZTE. This strictly ego driven trade war will wreak havoc on specific industries and their employees, not to mention permanent loss of jobs from companies moving operations outside the US such as HD. All this to mostly resuscitate a coal and steel industry of the 60's and 70's, long dead and gone.
As tariffs near, Trump’s business empire retains ties to China
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Chinese government-backed firms are slated to work on parts of two large developments — in Dubai and Indonesia — that will include Trump-branded properties.
The Trumps are the landlord to one of China’s top state-owned banks, which has occupied the 20th floor of Trump Tower in Manhattan since 2008. The bank’s lease is worth close to $2 million annually, according to industry estimates and a bank filing.
And despite the Trump administration’s focus on American manufacturing, assembly-line workers in China still produce blouses, shoes and handbags for the clothing line created by Trump’s daughter Ivanka, a White House adviser.
The tariffs that were set to kick in at 12:01 a.m. Friday are not expected to affect the Trumps’ financial interests, but the family’s business presence in China is awkward as the two countries ratchet up their protectionism.
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https://www.washingtonpost.com/polit...=.107f46f44072
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07-09-2018, 07:07 AM
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Trump does everything because he is a mentally ill person with great power, and so an extraordinary danger. It is always a mistake to think his policies have any rational basis or purpose. He WILL destroy the economy with his ever-escalating trade-war against all, unless and until he is stopped.
https://www.project-syndicate.org/co...3bb60-93887061
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07-09-2018, 10:04 AM
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Tesla increases price of Model S and Model X by over $20,000 in China due to new trade-war tariffs
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Tesla exports more electric vehicle to China than any other automaker today, but the company’s exports are likely to slow down as it raises the price of the Model S and Model X significantly due to rising tariffs as part of the current escalating trade war.
For a while, it looked like Tesla was going to escape the trade war between the US and China, and now quite frankly the rest of the world.
The company was preparing a massive push in China as import duties were planned to fall and local manufacturing is coming.
Prices of the Model S and Model X were decreased by 40,000 yuan to 90,000 yuan (~$6,000 to ~$14,000 USD) back in May.
An announcement about a Tesla factory in China was expected soon now that the automaker has set up a new company in Shanghai’s Free-Trade Zone.
It looked like Tesla was riding the wave until it could manufacture cars locally, but the trade war caught up with them and now the latest tariffs announced by the government is hitting the price of Tesla’s current vehicles in the country quite hard.
Over the weekend, the prices of the Model S and Model X were increased by 150,000 yuan to 250,000 yuan (~$22,600 to ~$37,600) depending on the version.
Those are significant price increases as the original 25% tariff was supposed to be reduced to 15%, but it was instead increased to 40% in retaliation for the US’s latest list of tariffs for Chinese products.
In China, Tesla was doing fairly well despite the 25% import duties.
The California-based automaker has doubled its sales to over $2 billion in China last year and they by far lead foreign electric car sales in the country.
But now the higher prices are expected to affect its sales until they can establish local manufacturing capacity and avoid the tariffs altogether.
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https://electrek.co/2018/07/09/tesla...e-war-tariffs/
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07-13-2018, 06:42 AM
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Treasury's Mnuchin: 'I don't think we're in a trade war'
Uh-huh. He’s as clueless as Whell.
https://www.cnn.com/2018/07/12/polit...act/index.html
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07-13-2018, 07:19 AM
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No, he's as dishonest as whell. He knows damn well we're in a trade war.
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07-17-2018, 10:49 AM
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Orrin Hatch threatens to check Trump's tariff policy
https://www.cnbc.com/2018/07/17/key-...ff-policy.html
"If the administration continues forward with its misguided and reckless reliance on tariffs, I will work to advance trade legislation to curtail presidential trade authority," the Utah Republican said on the Senate floor Tuesday. "I am discussing legislative options with colleagues both on and off the Finance Committee and I will continue to do so."
Poor Whell. His little pea brain must be SO confused right now.
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07-17-2018, 09:35 PM
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In Face Of Protectionism, EU And Japan Sign Huge Open-Trade Deal
Japan and the European Union have signed a massive trade deal that creates an open-trade zone for more than 600 million people. The EU and Japan account for about one-third of GDP worldwide.
"The document we signed today is much more than a trade agreement," said European Commission President Jean-Claude Juncker. "What we're saying is that we believe in open, fair and rules-based trade. What we are saying is that a trade agreement is not a zero-sum game, but a win-win for the involved parties."
https://www.npr.org/2018/07/17/62973...pen-trade-deal
Meanwhile, our idiot in chief, who understands absolutely nothing about trade, or anything else, starts absurd trade wars that will damage our economy for years if he's not stopped soon.
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07-17-2018, 10:37 PM
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Originally Posted by Chicks
In Face Of Protectionism, EU And Japan Sign Huge Open-Trade Deal
Japan and the European Union have signed a massive trade deal that creates an open-trade zone for more than 600 million people. The EU and Japan account for about one-third of GDP worldwide.
"The document we signed today is much more than a trade agreement," said European Commission President Jean-Claude Juncker. "What we're saying is that we believe in open, fair and rules-based trade. What we are saying is that a trade agreement is not a zero-sum game, but a win-win for the involved parties."
https://www.npr.org/2018/07/17/62973...pen-trade-deal
Meanwhile, our idiot in chief, who understands absolutely nothing about trade, or anything else, starts absurd trade wars that will damage our economy for years if he's not stopped soon.
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Depressing, isn't it? We build on previous generations hard work and it's all blown away in an instant by some fucking fratboy loser who values some Russian tail more than his own country.
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07-19-2018, 09:32 AM
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Stupid is as stupid does...
https://www.cnbc.com/2018/07/19/trum...ceo-warns.html
I think some of these cars were going to exported to Europe from the US if I am not mistaken, thus getting hit with Dumbo's tariffs.
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