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| Trump has China quaking in its boots |
| 2018-10-09 |
| [NYPost] With China still running a record trade surplus with the US, it seems premature — to say the least — to say that Trump has won his long-overdue trade war with China. But it is not too early to conclude that, despite their threat of retaliatory tariffs, China’s Communist authorities know that they have lost. The increased tariffs to date, combined with the threat of more, have already clipped the wings of China’s economic rise. Its stock market is down 21 percent year over year, industrial output is slowing and its currency is weakening. Looking beyond the bluff and bluster emanating from Beijing, there is evidence that Party leader Xi Jinping is looking for a way to stand down. |
| Posted by:newc |
| #9 We've been giving them $500 billion/year for the last 25 years. We gave up huge swaths of our manufacturing base and jobs to China. You would be hard-pressed to find anything manufactured here for a long time. None of us got to vote on this... until 2016. |
| Posted by: JohnQC 2018-10-09 18:52 |
| #8 Another 2 years and China will be hurt bad. I feel people don't appreciate just how terrible their position is. America holds all the cards. Either they cave, or their export industries shrivel up. Already businesses are fleeing China. Their profits were razor thin and now they're gone. |
| Posted by: Herb McCoy 2018-10-09 16:04 |
| #7 "Center of mass." Also applies for old men with an unsteady aim. |
| Posted by: Besoeker 2018-10-09 14:57 |
| #6 Don't know if China is "quaking in it's boots" so much as shifting it's feet for the next move. In martial arts you watch for strikes from the extremities, but the chest and torso tell you which way your opponent will move. Center of mass. |
| Posted by: ed in texas 2018-10-09 14:54 |
| #5 I always wondered how Soros made his billions. |
| Posted by: g(r)omgoru 2018-10-09 12:59 |
| #4 Makes me wonder about money for the rave machine that is now the progressive democrat party? Anyone? |
| Posted by: NoMoreBS 2018-10-09 11:25 |
| #3 Or the Chinese are just looking to wait him out and deal with the next US President. As instructed by John Kerry. |
| Posted by: Besoeker 2018-10-09 07:30 |
| #2 ....had to wait out through several generations when 'Khan' showed up. |
| Posted by: P2kontheroad 2018-10-09 06:19 |
| #1 ...Or the Chinese are just looking to wait him out and deal with the next US President. They have been manipulating 'foreign devils' for many centuries... Don't get cocky. |
| Posted by: magpie 2018-10-09 01:27 |