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2019-09-13 China-Japan-Koreas

China to exempt U.S. pork, soybeans from additional tariffs: Xinhua

h/t Instapundit
[Rooters] China will exempt some agricultural products from additional tariffs on U.S. goods, China’s official Xinhua News Agency said Friday, in the latest sign of easing Sino-U.S. tensions before a new rounds of talks aimed at curbing a bruising trade war.
Or an admission they can't find alternate sources and can't produce their own
...An outbreak of deadly African swine fever, which has cut China’s pig herd by a third since mid-2018, has propelled Chinese pork prices to record levels and left the country in need of replacement supplies from overseas.

Posted by g(r)omgoru 2019-09-13 11:37|| || Front Page|| [11131 views ] Top

#1 We should probably put an export tariff on that stuff equivalent to whatever import tariff they're putting on everything else.

Posted by Thing From Snowy Mountain 2019-09-13 12:29|| 2019-09-13 12:29|| Front Page Top

#2 Blink?

Posted by The peanut gallery 2019-09-13 12:54|| 2019-09-13 12:54|| Front Page Top

#3 Dunno if a blink or more along the lines of "There isn't another supply source".

I think more of the latter.

Posted by DarthVader 2019-09-13 12:57|| 2019-09-13 12:57|| Front Page Top

#4 Pink Slime and Pig Swine
Too much alliteration for me.

Posted by Skidmark 2019-09-13 16:07|| 2019-09-13 16:07|| Front Page Top

#5 Raise the export prices of meat and soybean. Let them eat tofu at caviar rates.

Posted by Dron66046 2019-09-13 16:12|| 2019-09-13 16:12|| Front Page Top

#6 Pink Slime and Pig Swine
Too much alliteration for me

Ming can sing of Bling
And all's fine with Pig Swine
But make mine Pink Slime:
It slips the lips
Like silky milk
(and stinky pinkies)

Posted by Lex 2019-09-13 16:29|| 2019-09-13 16:29|| Front Page Top

#7 The price of pork in China has nearly doubled in 1 year and is accelerating. Blame Africa swine flu and boycott of US pork by CCP.

Posted by Fat Bob Thrang1674 2019-09-13 16:44|| 2019-09-13 16:44|| Front Page Top

#8 Not only doubled but rationed now at 10X smaller then the usual amount a pork a Chinese eats.
So if they had it one meal a day they now have it 1 meal every 10 days.

Posted by 3dc 2019-09-13 17:18|| 2019-09-13 17:18|| Front Page Top

#9 Export tariffs are completely unconstitutional. The Export Clause bans taxes or duties on articles exported from any state. So I suppose they could be imposed on items leaving from Puerto Rico or Guam, if we really wanted to, but that's hardly a big deal economically, and neither raise pigs for export, as far as I know.

Posted by Vernal Hatrick 2019-09-13 21:03|| 2019-09-13 21:03|| Front Page Top

#10
The heathen Chinee, he is trips.
Though not quite as proud as the Nips,
His mysterious race
Is at pains to save face:
Be he bigger than Lee
Or as twiggy as [pfffft] me,
Though at Schwegmann's he stint
He will cheerfully squint
With a scant smear of fat for his lips.

Posted by Tarzan Unilet6351 2019-09-13 23:58|| 2019-09-13 23:58|| Front Page Top

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