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[iewgnem]

This shouldn't come as a surprise to anyone paying attention. It would take years to properly shift production from China to the US. The only reason to do so is because of Trump's tariff war. Will the policies of said trade war still be extant after those years have passed? And nevermind that the underlying reasons for moving production to China in the first place are still going to be there.

There is a way to move production back to the US, but Trump's method isn't going to accomplish anything.

The whole concept of moving production to the US is a fallacy by people who doesn't know anything about production.
US companies don't own any production, they only control which producer they source from.
To move production, they can only try to convince their Chinese supplier to build a factory somewhere, as Tesla unsuccessfully tried to do.
US companies themselves have no ability to move anything anywhere because US companies has no production.
All this means is, ironically, being hostile to China and talking big about moving production away from China are the worst thing you can do to achieve that goal, no Chinese supplier will help you if you act like that.
India is learning this the hard way.

 

[GodRektsNoobs]

Another important point if not the most important is that country only stay unified if there is a dominant identity, it don't have to be ethnic but most often it is. USSR with more than half population being varias ethnicities broke but not Russia where Russian ethnity is dominant. USSR tried to creat a new identity based on new ideology and beliefs but didn't have the time which would need hundreds years. Yogoslavia was another example. In the arab world, identity of country or even Arab is less a thing than tribe, religion and religious sectors. There are countless examples elsewhere.

You are absolutely right. But USSR collapsed precisely because Russians no longer believed in the communist ideology and want to ditch the other nationalities, who were perceived to be leeching off Russians. It was an implosion from the inside.

 

[Thecore]

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China and Canada's relations are getting better, I think Canada might reduce Tariffs on Chinese cars down to 20-30% for China completely removing tariffs on Canadian farm goods.

What will happen is that Canada will get played again and left standing outside in the rain, just like they did during the first trade war. The US will take their market share selling energy and other natural resources to China in return for some favourable terms to China. This won't be a problem for China either since a market that is 10X bigger is always going to be more valuable. Also, I wouldn't be surprised if there is still latent resentment over the Meng Wangzhou treatment despite Chinese comments about forgetting bygones, reset, etc. Canada and Australia (they got played too last time in terms of the US taking their gas market in China) are the forever whipping boys of the Americans but their innate western sense of self importance will always make them blind to this.

 

[henrik]

What will happen is that Canada will get played again and left standing outside in the rain, just like they did during the first trade war. The US will take their market share selling energy and other natural resources to China in return for some favourable terms to China. This won't be a problem for China either since a market that is 10X bigger is always going to be more valuable. Also, I wouldn't be surprised if there is still latent resentment over the Meng Wangzhou treatment despite Chinese comments about forgetting bygones, reset, etc. Canada and Australia (they got played too last time in terms of the US taking their gas market in China) are the forever whipping boys of the Americans but their innate western sense of self importance will always make them blind to this.

Australia is way smarter as they have reset their relationships with China, and also allow the import of superior Chinese EVs and batteries.

 

[sdkan]

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China and Canada's relations are getting better, I think Canada might reduce Tariffs on Chinese cars down to 20-30% for China completely removing tariffs on Canadian farm goods.

I agree that the relationship between China and Canada will tend to ease

But I don't think Canada will reduce the tariffs on Chinese cars to 20-30%

 

[huemens]

After the poll ends, Musk suggests a name for a new party.

The America Party

The people have spoken. A new political party is needed in America to represent the 80% in the middle!
And exactly 80% of people agree
This is fate.

https://twitter.com/i/web/status/1931112942495523014

 

[BlackWindMnt]

After the poll ends, Musk suggests a name for a new party.

https://twitter.com/i/web/status/1931112942495523014

Will Elon Musk follow in his Grandfather Joshua N. Haldeman footsteps and help the American Technocracy Inc party take off.
An technocratic fascistic party as a counter balance to China's Communist party and Russia State capitalism(proto/return to socialism).
A redo of nazi Germany and Mussolini Italy but in the americas.

It does seems like History might rhyme in the 21st century history spitting out lyrics that follow along the 20th century history.

 

[Randomuser]

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When a Japanese (half really) person got stabbed in China, Yahoo Japan comments had over 2000 comments. When a Chinese tourist gets stabbed in Kyoto, well you can't find it. I searched in English and only see one result in the news which is this one. Keep in mind the stabbing happened yesterday. I don't even see any western media like BBC covering it.

I think when next time some Japanese person gets stabbed, China should give less attention to it and just say we are following standard procedures to deal with it. If Japan starts whining, we can just point to how little they seem to care when the ball is on their side. Maybe in Japan they think still think only their lives matter a lot but unfortunately for them, times have changed and they simply haven't caught up.

 

[GulfLander]

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[GulfLander]

Prime Minister Narendra Modi will inaugurate the world's tallest railway bridge, an engineering marvel, over the River Chenab in Jammu and Kashmir on Friday.

The bridge is part of the Udhampur-Srinagar-Baramulla Railway Link (USBRL) project. It is designed to withstand strong winds and earthquakes and has a lifespan of 120 years.

The Chenab bridge stands as a symbol of national integration and engineering excellence, and is expected to boost tourism in the region. The Udhampur-Srinagar-Baramulla Railway Link (USBRL) project will provide seamless rail connectivity between Kashmir valley and the rest of the country.