Posted on 05/17/2025 10:40:39 AM PDT by E. Pluribus Unum
“Russia’s buy all they need from CHINA, so their money sure as hell is worth something.”
Not their money, their oil.
They sell oil to China for Yuan, and use the Yuan to buy what they need from China. No Yuan, no sale.
“China just gave us the finger regarding our “massive sanctions” on their products...they’ll do it again here.”
Try to keep up. China has already agreed to several concessions, to get their tariffs lowered from 145%, down to 30% (for 90 days). They did it fairly quickly - a few weeks.
More than 50% of Chinese manufacturers are now operating at a loss, and domestic prices in China have dropped 30 months in a row, crushing profit margins on domestic sales. They have little ability to profitably sell their production elsewhere.
Keep living in your fantasy world. Here in the REAL WORLD, where we have projects, schedules, and budgets, we know EXACTLY who caved.
In any case, good luck at blockading Russia. NATO just tried that last week in the Baltic...Russia sent them a very not-so-subtle message.
So it IS a frozen pizza! Cool!
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