The reason China cannot match the US in tit-for-tat tariffs

[rubibond007]

The thread title is wishful one-way thinking.

All China needs to do is stop buying US treasury and that will wreck the US and world economy. Much of the China to US trade surplus has been used to buy US treasury, essentially financing the US government and consumers.

With the trade surplus gone, the cheap financing is gone with it. Just look at how the market did upon Fed’s talk of raising interest rate.

This can turn out to be a black swan shock.

You understood nothing, Right? lol! go back to college a learn about debt.

 

[rubibond007]

It seems many ordinary Americans are not unlike Trump in failing to understand how trade impacts on their economy and their life. Until it's too late and they take a hit and rethink their ideas. Or even worse they complain about the results and blame the wrong people and policies.

Your ignorance is hillayrously clintonian.

 

[Sig]

Your ignorance is hillayrously clintonian.

Well I'll give you this, you're doing an outstanding job making @Nine_Eneder's point for him/her.

 

[Humpy]

Putting tariffs on trade goods is like throwing in the towel to the competition.
Coming from the so-called masters of capitalist competition just shows how badly beaten the US has become.
Fat and lazy workers plus vastly over paid management just might be something to do with this.
Trump in a huff has picked up the ball and left the field. How childish. How churlish.

 

[ironchef]

Putting tariffs on trade goods is like throwing in the towel to the competition.
Coming from the so-called masters of capitalist competition just shows how badly beaten the US has become.
Fat and lazy workers plus vastly over paid management just might be something to do with this.
Trump in a huff has picked up the ball and left the field. How childish. How churlish.

Unless it is not a fair competition.