Posted on 12/04/2016 11:34:56 PM PST by vannrox
The article link is incorrect.
It should be http://www.chinalawblog.com/2016/11/what-will-china-do-if-president-trump-starts-a-trade-war.html
We’ve been in a trade war with China since they were let into the WTO.
Ridiculous to think this is going to be some new super shocking trade war.
What will liberals do if he doesn’t start a trade war
and instead negotiates policies that benefit both parties?
Splodey heads!
First.. no Country can really afford it.
Secondly.. Trump is smart enough to avoid anything that lasts longer than 30 days.
Start?!
If we start taxing all the rubber trashcans from Red China, they will start taxing all the ....all the...thingamajigs we export to them tax free.
Mr T will not start a trade war. Nor will he see that the Clintons receive justice. He will not repeal 0bamakare as the weasels are already squeaking. There are many actions promised.
How many can he fail to deliver and expect to win a second term?
China will fight back. U S resource dealers will be devastated. Coal, lumber, agriculture, minerals et al will suffer greatly.
It won’t take more than the first hundred days to process you wrong... NEXT!
The sheath is mightier than the sword. He puts a scare into them, they negotiate terms to placate him so that he does not do what they fear. Any poker player would do the same.
"China may also respond against U.S. anti-China trade actions by stepping up its enforcement of its antitrust laws against U.S. companies...This year, China’s antitrust authorities have targeted pharmaceuticals, medical devices, vehicle manufacturing, ocean shipping, and smart manufacturing as industries of particular concern."
So, China copies our products, copies our factories, and then within their own counterfeit economy, sues us for antitrust. HO HO HO, pull this leg it plays "Jingle Bells"...
Here's to President Trump smashing them like a bug, like a Confucian cockroach: "Hey here's the bottom line, it would be a shame if your GDP dropped below 2% for the next couple of quarters, pretty sure you'd have your hands full bigly after that..."
“There will be NO trade war.”
As it stands now, doesn’t China need for the US to buy all the stuff they manufacture? so they have an economy? Just thinkin out loud
Regardless of the circumstances China will attempt to push a military situation on Trump within weeks of taking office in the White House to see what he’s made of. Apparently they weren’t impressed with the last occupant.
Trade? Meh. Bill Clinton needs to be arrested for (among other things) giving the Chicoms missile technology to hit us with pinpoint accuracy via his cronies at Loral.
He has no intention of starting a trade war - he will use his leverage to get better deals for us and since we are the biggest customers of many places, that shouldn’t be too difficult (other than the howls of “women and children hurt the most”)...
Trade wars are much like nuclear wars. The deterrence value is zero if you preemptively rule out using them.
The title should be “ What will China Do When Trump Enters the Trade War”
BINGO!!!
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