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[siegecrossbow]

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Are the MAGAs feeling the heat?

 

[another505]

The port fee wont do much. Considering a chinese shipping company can make a shell company in a foreign country or some tax haven place then the port fee will be dramatically reduced as non chinese company using chinese ships which everyone country in the world is doing it.

 

[supersnoop]

Yes, US is not a good port fee target, but because of the port fees on Chinese made ships. Orders for new ships will move korea, japan or other places. So will have to to a counter port fee such as only Chinese made ships do not have fees or something like that.

Both of those places have severe labour shortages

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It won't be easy to just "build more ships"

 

[zscstephen]

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US Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent told a closed-door investor summit Tuesday that the tariff standoff with China is unsustainable and that he expects the situation to de-escalate.

Bessent added that negotiations haven’t started but that a deal is possible, according to people who attended his session at an event hosted by JPMorgan Chase & Co. in Washington, which wasn’t open to the public or media.

 

[FriedButter]

Bessent added that negotiations haven’t started but that a deal is possible,

The talks are going well - Dotard J Rump.

He did the same thing with Russia. Ceasefire talks are going well. Deal is coming soon. Then nothing ever came which got repeated for several weeks. Apparently, this is a business negotiation tactic to put pressure onto the other side in accepting the terms by public pressure or whatever.

 

[reservior dogs]

Here is my understanding of the art of the deal

 

[manqiangrexue]

The talks are going well - Dotard J Rump.

He did the same thing with Russia. Ceasefire talks are going well. Deal is coming soon. Then nothing ever came which got repeated for several weeks. Apparently, this is a business negotiation tactic to put pressure onto the other side in accepting the terms by public pressure or whatever.

"The talks are going great like you've never seen." - Trump
"So good, in fact, that they've almost started... as soon as the Chinese agree to talk to us." - Bessent

 

[Xiongmao]

For every $ port fees, China should sell $ US treasury from foreign reserves.

 

[daifo]

For every $ port fees, China should sell $ US treasury from foreign reserves.

As a strategic economic weapon, it is only good when you flush a significant portion at the right time. However, you also risk it evaporating via sanctions if you wait too long

 

[Topazchen]

Conning like there’s no tomorrow…

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What does it feel like to be on the receiving end when someone confidently claims you’ve been calling them—when you know you haven’t?

It’s enough to make you question your own sanity.

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