Trade War with China
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Before that, he did say China is rude for having the 2025 policy. With these kind of childish statements, I don't think any trade deal can be made under this POTUS.
FriedRiceNSpice
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It would be best for both nations as well as the world to reach a deal. While China should definitely defend its economic sovereignty, it should be willing to take a look at some of the practices that the West (not only Trump, and not only recently) considers most unfair and concerning and see if it can do some things to address those concerns, such as self-enforcing corporate espionage, patent protection, IP rights, and being more transparent about and perhaps reducing state subsidies (not saying to get rid of all state support to all industries). Not to say that China should give-in to Trump, but addressing certain policies will be beneficial to China as well as rest of world in more ones than one. Not only will taking some steps help China's image internationally and promote a smoother relationship with the US and EU in the future, but will also be beneficial to China's own long-term development.
Things have reached the point that it would take more than restoring the status quo in order for China to give Trump a deal. Trump would now probably have to actually offer something China wouldn't otherwise get. Something that can't be revoked by the next president or congress.
manqiangrexue
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There's not gonna be a deal like that. US is not gonna do something to give China even more growth momentum and China's not going to do anything that would allow the US an advantage in containing it. From now on, it's decoupling, competition, A against B, not cooperation. Under Trump, it will be outward; if Trump is replaced, the rhetoric will tone down, but the undercurrent will continue moving in the same direction.
manqiangrexue
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I really like how he can't take a little and run with it; he must always push and push until he Fs everything up. And his impeccable timing means this message can't be more obvious. Let's see how smart the Mexicans are, how many rounds of this it takes before they figure out that the only way to deal with Trump is just to give him nothing and watch him scream/ self-inflict damage.
Trump threatens more tariffs on Mexico over part of immigration deal
By Makini Brice
•June 10, 2019
"We have fully signed and documented another very important part of the Immigration and Security deal with Mexico, one that the U.S. has been asking about getting for many years. It will be revealed in the not too distant future and will need a vote by Mexico's legislative body," Trump tweeted.
"We do not anticipate a problem with the vote but, if for any reason the approval is not forthcoming, tariffs will be reinstated."
Trump threatens more tariffs on Mexico over part of immigration deal
By Makini Brice
•June 10, 2019
"We have fully signed and documented another very important part of the Immigration and Security deal with Mexico, one that the U.S. has been asking about getting for many years. It will be revealed in the not too distant future and will need a vote by Mexico's legislative body," Trump tweeted.
"We do not anticipate a problem with the vote but, if for any reason the approval is not forthcoming, tariffs will be reinstated."
Confirmation below that the Huawei ban is part of the trade war, rather than just a national security issue.
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10 Jun. Treasury Secretary Mnuchin
29 May. Vice-President Chief of Staff
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Very good. You found "western" outlets that mention each one of those points. You've proved that google works! But in any given outlet, how prominent are these things if you go to the website on a the particular day? And how many of the listed items are carried by all the outlets? How many of the outlets carry all of the items?
Once you know there's a story, you can usually google to find it (not always). @xiabonan is talking about what is emphasized in the news, and what is pushed into the background.
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I reiterate what I said before, in order to get a deal he desperately wants from Xi, Trump has to fight and win a shooting war against China in China's turfs.
Verbal abuse, high tariff threats, or any other trickery won't work in front of Chinese. What Trump needs right now is to read, study and memorize What Marshall Peng De-huai, the Command-in-chief of PLA forces in Korea, declared when he signed the the the Korean Armistice Agreement: "The era has gone forever that a bunch imperialists can conquer and enslave a nation in the Oriental after mounting a few pieces of cannons!" ("帝国主义在东方架起几门大炮就可以征服奴役一个国家的时代一去不复返了!" —— 中国人民志愿军总司令彭德怀元帅)
Xi won't grant Trump a chance to show off his Fart of the Deal in the forthcoming G-20 meeting in Japan.
China regards Trump as a liar and hooligan who can't be trusted. China is already looking for someone beyond Trump. A great disgrace for the US that China actually in the position to decide who can be POTUS. Will Trump twitter and complain China is meddling his re-election of 2020?
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