Posted on 09/07/2015 6:19:50 AM PDT by blam
Actually it is quite recently, in just the last two years, it still isn’t fully implemented and they didn’t remove it universally. They still have 40years of imbalance in male/female babies to make up for as well. The problem with these demographics is going to take a long time to unwind.
I never said it would be easy, just less intractable than China’s problems.
You’re right, but they are useful arsenal and bargaining chips in negotiations in opening other country’s market. Ultimately the best case is no tariffs, but you cannot start the negotiation by disavowing them any more than you can start a peace negotiation by first disavowing the use of force. Once you do that the other side has to reason to come to terms.
Pretty soon they’ll have to resort to “printing” their own money. /s
And, millions more on the way and most of them don't like you.
Right, it was free trade that did us in, not government spending, regulation, taxation and debt including pensions.
That’s something a communist would know, no?
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