Red China Opens NAFTA Ports in Mexico

Human Events Online ^ | Jul 18, 2006 | Jerome R. Corsi

[blackie]

How are you doing, SJB?

[stephenjohnbanker]

Just fine, blackie. And you?

[stephenjohnbanker]

"He is just doing what he has to do to confront those countries who are hostile to it..."

And those countrie are??

[sonyapeking]

well,for your information,the primary one of "those" is your beloved motherland, the great United States of America...

[hedgetrimmer]

We don't have a motherland, fatherland or homeland. We have a nation.

[Alberta's Child]

Wow -- three freaking months!

[sonyapeking]

whatever you call...same thing...

[stephenjohnbanker]

I can see that your government has got you housetrained.
I wish you good luck only as a matter of form.

[monkeywrench]

Commie troll.

[stephenjohnbanker]

sonyapeking since June 5th 2006.

[stephenjohnbanker]

IBTZ

[Mr. Jeeves]

What this article doesn't mention is that much of this trans-Pacific trade activity in Mexico is being driven by severe capacity constraints at West Coast ports here in the U.S. (particularly Los Angeles/Long Beach).

The Port of Oakland seems somewhat less than busy lately - but that might be those $100+/hour Longshoreman's Union members pricing themselves out of the market. I think that's the real driving force behind the Mexican ports idea. Seattle is much closer to China.

[hedgetrimmer]

whatever you call...same thing

Maybe in your language, but here, words do mean things.

[Alberta's Child]

I think the bigger problem in Oakland and Seattle is that the rail lines to the east (I think these are mainly BNSF tracks) can't process intermodal trains as well as the UP/SP system out of LA.

[Mr. Jeeves]

That's true - the rail system out of Oakland is weak. They were talking about building a big new rail corridor through the East Bay hills a while back, but you can imagine how local environmentalists reacted to that. ;)

[Alberta's Child]

Then Oakland has the same problem on the west coast that Baltimore has on the east coast . . . limited inland rail distribution capability.

This "short-sea shipping" concept is starting to get some legs here on the east coast to help alleviate some north-south congestion, but that won't help much for inland moves.

[Smartass]

Reposted - Please take the time to read the whole article.

Excerpt - Full article:  Made In China

Preface - Made In China.
Fateful decisions made by China’s leaders, limiting births to mostly males and forbidding farmers to tap shrinking reservoirs diverted to smog-choked cities could lead to internal strife and foreign conquest as this economic powerhouse reaches the limits of explosive growth. But US consumers continue to fund China’s military modernization, even as they erode their own economy and employment at home. Even worse, Wal-Mart shoppers are supporting forced labor camps where the healthiest inmates are executed for “organ harvesting”.  Wal-Mart also buys heavily from slave labor manufacturing zones, where women workers are typically paid 3 cents an hour or less for 70 to 90-hour work weeks. See smuggled photos here. And please don’t buy any products “Made In China”.

 

 

[Smartass]

 

Excerpt....Source:  Full Article

 

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[hedgetrimmer]

Good posts. Thanks.

[LucyT]

War with the USA is “inevitable,” Red China’s Defense Minister, Chi Haotian told Hong Kong's Cheng Ming newspaper. "We cannot avoid it," he said. "Chinese armed forces must control the initiative in this war." According to right-wing Rand researchers, China's military is narrowing its technology gap with the US armed forces, using US technology transfers to prepare for a future war with the US.

Certainly they can avoid war; why is it inevitable?