When you learn of things like this, we learn that the rest of the world has been bending us over a barrel for too effin' long. And that the whores in Congress, government and Wall St have been willing participants and getting fat and happy because of it.
When Ross was nominated, lots of folks criticized him for how he made his money, as a corporate raider type. Well, with what Ross, Lighthizer and Mnuchin have been doing, you'd be hard pressed to argue against them being part of a team that is saving this country as I type. I guess this is what happens when you have professionals doing the work, instead of a bunch of radical Left-wing government diplomats and bureaucrats at the table, who could give a damn about anyone or anything, except what's being served for lunch. As the Candidate Trump said(I paraphrase) during his campaign...I'd have guys so nasty negotiating our trade deals, that you wouldn't let them in your house for dinner, but they'd get the best deal for the US that can be got....or something like that.
This is amazing. Great article, plainly written and easily understandable instead of some WSJ jargon. And for me, at least, I now see how the chinese were raping us on aluminum and steel.
I guess this is how Airbus can compete with Boeing. And from a few headlines I've seen recently, it would appear that the countries that are partners in Airbus seem to be a little concerned over something on the horizon.
so, for me, the price of a 2 x 4 just went up 30%.... should i be dancing in the streets?
Softwood Lumber.
Only last week, I read an article about Canadian liberals complaining that the US is buying their softwood for less than they sell it for in Canada. The liberals think it’s UNFAIR to sell to the US for lower prices even though the US buys many times more than the Canadian customers. [I guess they never heard of the economics of quantity].
Also, they say we are wasting their softwood, because a large amount of it is used in the softer toilet paper products.
Basically they don’t want Americans to have soft TP.
I remember when Perot was campaigning. In one of his TV ads he said that if we knew about how our trade deals were being made, we would be sick. President Trump is the first one to actually DO something about it.