This was bound to happen. The "graveyard for foreign investments" was always going to claim another victim. Make in India was the bait, taxation and fines is the harvest.
Good, can they pull all their factories out of India already? Really not looking forward to poo particles in my new iPhone.
Trump plan to import Argentine beef angers US farmers
WASHINGTON/CHICAGO, Oct 20 (Reuters) - U.S. farmers on Monday criticized President Donald Trump's suggestion that the country may import more beef from Argentina, after they recently lost out to the South American nation on soybean sales to top buyer China.
Trump said on Sunday that he was considering imports to reduce U.S. beef prices that have climbed to record highs. His administration earlier extended a $20 billion currency swap lifeline to Argentina, which the president considers an ally.
Cattle producers saw the suggestion as a threat to their livelihoods and free markets, at a time when ranchers are profiting from sky-high livestock prices and strong consumer demand.
"This plan only creates chaos at a critical time of the year for American cattle producers, while doing nothing to lower grocery store prices," said Colin Woodall, CEO of the National Cattlemen's Beef Association industry group.
Last month, the Trump administration frustrated farmers by negotiating financial support for Argentina at a time when Argentina was selling soybeans to China, which has not bought any soy from the autumn U.S. harvest due to its trade conflict with Washington.
"The last thing we need is to reward them by importing more of their beef," said Rob Larew, president of the National Farmers Union.
Trump floated hiking beef imports aboard Air Force One on Sunday night.
"If we buy some beef - I'm not talking about that much - from Argentina, it would help Argentina, which we consider a very good country, a very good ally," Trump said.
A U.S. Department of Agriculture spokesperson said the agency is working to lower beef prices while supporting cattle ranchers with disaster aid and other efforts.
"These actions coupled with President Trump's work to secure lasting markets for beef producers abroad send a strong message to American cattle producers - raise more beef and rebuild the herd," the spokesperson said.
The White House did not respond to a request for more information.
U.S. feeder cattle futures tumbled on Friday after Trump first said he was working on a deal to lower beef prices. They hit their lowest level in more than a week on Monday before ending nearly unchanged.
In Montana, Jan McDonald, 78, said she plans to take calves to an auction for sale on Saturday and worried that Trump's suggestion could hurt prices.
"I don't know where he's coming from," McDonald said. "It makes me very nervous about the future.
Economists said increased imports from Argentina, which last year represented about 2% of total U.S. beef imports, were unlikely to reduce U.S. beef prices.
"The U.S. cannot buy enough beef from Argentina to materially move the needle in the market," Steiner Consulting Group said.
Imports could also discourage U.S. producers from expanding their herds to boost domestic beef production, economists said.
There is no quick fix to boost U.S. output as it takes about two years to produce full-grown cattle, said Derrell Peel, Oklahoma State University agricultural economist.
"Flooding markets with foreign-grown beef could affect our nation's ability to be food independent in the long-term," American Farm Bureau Federation President Zippy Duvall said.
U.S. cattle inventories in January dropped to the lowest level in nearly 75 years, after ranchers slashed their herds due to a years-long drought that burned up grazing lands and hiked feed costs.
Supplies tightened more as the U.S. since May has mostly suspended imports of Mexican cattle amid concerns about the northward spread of New World screwworm, a flesh-eating pest that infests livestock. U.S. tariffs on goods from Brazil have also slowed imports of Brazilian beef.
Good, can they pull all their factories out of India already? Really not looking forward to poo particles in my new iPhone.
If there were no Yue Fei’s before Trump, there are a thousand more now, especially after “China virus” and the trade and tech war. 還我河山!
What are the chances? Just when the EU was really gonna pressure Hungary into giving up Russian gas too! I don’t know how the western Atlanticists have so much luck, what they want, it mysteriously happens but only within western borders.
Sorry guys. There's no public evidence of any foul play so we are not allowed to suspect or imply any such thing. It's just pure bad luck these things happen.Russian electrical equipment for the Rooppur nuclear power plant in Bangladesh also burned up.
I doubt it was accidental either.
MAGA. Make Argentina great again.
At birth, Onoda did not have Japanese citizenship due to Japan's nationality law, which adopted a paternal-preferential lineage system at the time, but she later became a Japanese citizen. In October 2015, Onoda completed the procedures to select Japanese citizenship and her U.S. citizenship in Japan, and ran for the House of Councillors in 2016.[18][19]I actually wouldn’t be surprised if that was the case; Asians in the anglosphere are “encouraged” via negative reinforcement to not be assertive and strong willed, and even further, Anglo society will ostracise white women who do associate with Asian men, this is most pronounced in a society like Australia which worships whiteness and has a perennial fear of Asia integral to its national identity.
Does this remind you of anyone? Say, the current vice president of the ROC in Taiwan?
Anglo American attitudes towards Asia are exactly like the conquistadors of South and central America ie the worship of whiteness is so enshrined that they will only promote half white half castes into power to govern the natives as the Spanish also practiced in their colonies with mestizos And half castes into power. It also explwins why Hollywood films always have to portray East Asian characters with half caste features to serve white supremacy. They had such a hard time casting jet li as a romantic lead for eg, the entire Anglo American power structure is governed by sexual insecurity and castration anxiety.
Based, if true.
It would make sense as well for listing Chinese companies on HKSX as opposed to the enemy’s Wall Street. Let them come to HK, let Wall Street whither.
Both the Taiwan and Japan case are not as blatant as having a literal colonial governor, but this is really not far from it.At birth, Onoda did not have Japanese citizenship due to Japan's nationality law, which adopted a paternal-preferential lineage system at the time, but she later became a Japanese citizen. In October 2015, Onoda completed the procedures to select Japanese citizenship and her U.S. citizenship in Japan, and ran for the House of Councillors in 2016.[18][19]
However, on October 4, 2016, after the election, it was discovered that she had not completed the renunciation procedure in the U.S., which the Nationality Law imposes an effort requirement, and that she was in a dual nationality status. Onoda apologized for her lack of knowledge[20] and said that she was proceeding with the procedures because it turned out that she also needed to apply to the U.S. government to renounce her U.S. citizenship.[18][19] She then posted on her Facebook and Twitter pages the "Certificate of Loss of U.S. Citizenship" received on May 2, 2017.[21]
Onoda commented on then Democratic Party Representative Renhō's refusal to release her family register, which was in question at the same time over the issue of multiple nationality, saying, "The only thing that can prove that you are not violating the Nationality Law is a copy of your family register that shows the date of selection of your nationality. No one is talking about roots or discrimination."[22] Onoda also criticized Renhō for calling those who demanded the publication of her family register "racist," saying that she "created a conflict between those who have foreign blood and those who do not."[23]
Some say she's Jewish. Whatever she is, it's pretty obvious she is the handler for Japan. Much like that person in Taiwan. Apparently they don't trust full Chinese or Japanese to oversee them.
Keep in mind there are very few mixed people of western descent in Taiwan and Japan proportionally given their population. So what are the odds huh?