PING!
Posted on 04/11/2017 9:42:48 PM PDT by 2ndDivisionVet
Are you tired of winning yet?
Trump met with Chinese President Xi Jinping to discuss several issues, including the massive trade imbalance between the nations.
Of course, he came out on top.
It is being reported that Beijing is offering the Trump Administration greater market access to avoid an all-out trade war between the two powers.
The Financial Times claims that these concessions are not all that difficult for Beijing.
“At present, foreign investors cannot hold a majority stake in securities and insurance companies in China. The country’s largest companies in these sectors, such as Citic Securities and China Life Insurance, have achieved enormous scale in the 15 years since the world’s second-biggest economy joined the World Trade Organization, making them formidable competitors for new entrants to the market.”
Apparently China is also planning to end the 14-year ban on United States imports, as well as purchasing more grain from America in an attempt to ease escalating trade tensions.
Trump’s threats of slapping huge tariffs on Chinese goods might be one of the reasons that China was willing to come to this deal. During his campaign, Trump threatened to label China a “currency manipulator” on his first day in office, but failed to do so. Some say he opted for a more diplomatic approach, and it seems to have worked.
But it’s not just trade that was discussed. Raw video footage shows Xi meeting the First Family and seeming to get along with them quite well.
(VIDEO-AT-LINK)
I think this is just the beginning of a long and happy trade relationship with China. If there’s one thing Trump can do well, it’s negotiate profitable deals. In that aspect, he was one of the most qualified Presidential candidates of 2016. Even though I’m not his biggest fan, I have to admit that he does have his strengths and is definitely using them to our advantage.
PING!
I love your sarcasm. Just the laugh I needed at the moment. Thanks!
Since the Democratic Party controls most major US cities that isn’t saying much.
Lab-Grown Meat May Save a Lot More than Farm Animals’ Lives
http://www.nbcnews.com/mach/innovation/lab-grown-meat-may-save-lot-more-farm-animals-lives-n743091
It wasn’t sarcasm. It was executive review. ;-)
Of course you have never worked for a Titan. It is the really really short review at the top of the proposal you are submitting that is the truth spelled out simple as hell. Better have distilled it accurately because Titans have WRATH. Distill well and you do great. Distill poorly and your still blows up in your face and your life becomes hell.
” It takes 3 kilograms of feed to grow 1 kilogram of meat ...”
That’s an oft-repeated half-truth (at best). I’m certainly not suggesting that you’re being duplicitous — but, the authors of the article are.
Here’s (part of) what’s left out of that statement:
1. Much of the “feed” mentioned is hay and pasturage. Converting it into meat adds to the supply of human food (rather than subtracting from it, as we’re being led to believe).
2. The meat produced has a lot more protein per pound than grains that are used to feed livestock. The ratios look a lot better for meat, if meat and grains are compared on the basis of protein content.
Distances likely make US coal far too expensive.
Only after he removed China from the list of currency manipulators, which China still is.
Absolutely nothing to get excited here about. Calling this one a win is an exaggeration. Shipping China raw food stuff, oil and coal and they ship back finished goods is not a win. Didn’t we shoot red coats for the very same reason?
Why don’t you go back.
Why don’t you go back.
If you know the future it’s easy.
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