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Reuters, Bloomberg Report Chinese Tariff Cuts; Trump Not Mentioned
Newsbusters ^ | December 26, 2018 | P.J. Gladnick

Posted on 12/26/2018 7:37:54 AM PST by PJ-Comix

It's probably one of the biggest business stories right now  that you haven't heard about both because the mainstream media has downplayed it and because the reports came just the public's attention was captured by last minute Christmas Eve shopping .  And if you are aware of it, you haven't seen the name of a certain president who was instrumental in making it happen. So what is it?

China announced that it is cutting or eliminating tariffs on 700 of their export items. And why did the Chinese do that? Was it out of the kindness of their hearts? Or was it because a certain president applied pressure upon them which the MSM denounced as a trade war? 

First let us look at the Bloomberg December 24 report which is notable by the absence of a certain president whose name they dare not mention, "China Cuts Tariffs on More Than 700 Goods Amid Open-Trade Drive."

(Excerpt) Read more at newsbusters.org ...


TOPICS: Business/Economy; Politics/Elections
KEYWORDS: boycotts; china; donaldtrump; sanctions; tariffs; trade; trump
The weird thing is that when I called the Steve Kane Show (longest running radio show in Florida history) early this morning to give them the heads up on this story as I was working on it, Steve Kane slammed my credibility. You can hear him cast doubt on me at the 2:04 mark in this AUDIO. A short time later I called him up to defend my honor.
1 posted on 12/26/2018 7:37:54 AM PST by PJ-Comix
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Good economic news? Better raid the stock market again... oh, wait.. they are.


2 posted on 12/26/2018 7:44:31 AM PST by ScottinVA (The most urgent gathering threat to America: the Democrat Party.)
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Good job. Steve sounds drunk.


3 posted on 12/26/2018 7:46:36 AM PST by conservative98
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And if you are aware of it, you haven’t seen the name of a certain president who was instrumental in making it happen. So what is it?
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They didn’t want to brag about obama, the one who made this great economy possible. Yeah, that’s it.


4 posted on 12/26/2018 7:50:57 AM PST by shelterguy
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Obama will tell us that actually the tariff cuts were due to his administration.
5 posted on 12/26/2018 7:55:23 AM PST by oldbrowser (The government did not create the people. The people created the government.)
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The Chinese call him Donald The Strong.

He is both feared and respected.

The Chinese laughed at Bush, Obozzo and Clinton. No longer do they laugh at the USA


6 posted on 12/26/2018 8:09:30 AM PST by WashingtonFire (President Trump - it's like having your dad as President)
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It’s called WINNING!


7 posted on 12/26/2018 8:17:29 AM PST by CptnObvious (Question her now.)
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“China announced that it is cutting or eliminating tariffs on 700 of their export items.”

China has tariffs on the items they export? Did you mean imports, or am I just not seeing something?


8 posted on 12/26/2018 8:17:48 AM PST by be-baw (still seeking...)
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“700 of their export”

Really?

I suspect the author does not know what he is talking about.


9 posted on 12/26/2018 8:23:35 AM PST by Mariner (War Criminal #18)
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To: ScottinVA; PJ-Comix; ExTexasRedhead; SunkenCiv; theothercheek; David; Yaelle; sheik yerbouty; ...
Good economic news? Better raid the stock market again... oh, wait.. they are.

The majority of large financial institutions on Wall Street are run by Democrats, contrary to popular opinion. (For evidence, observe that the strong majority of political contributions from these institutions are given to them.)

Therefore, a lot of the recent precipitous plunge in the stock market is politically motivated and is aimed at undermining Trump's popularity.

10 posted on 12/26/2018 8:34:57 AM PST by justiceseeker93
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This is a very poorly worded article. They are cutting tariffs on IMPORTED items, not exports. They get it right a few paragraphs down.


11 posted on 12/26/2018 8:52:19 AM PST by Partisan Hack
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Oops! Thanx. Corrected.


12 posted on 12/26/2018 8:53:06 AM PST by PJ-Comix (I am eating my way to weight loss. Pass the lox!)
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Similarly: In its regular BBC newscast, NPR ran a long, teary report on the horrid economic conditions in Venezuela and the resulting desperation. Not once was Venezuela's doctrinaire socialism mentioned.
13 posted on 12/26/2018 9:00:33 AM PST by Blurb2350
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Oh what crap. If thats the case, why did the stock market rocket upwards during Trump’s first year?


14 posted on 12/26/2018 9:06:54 AM PST by bigdaddy45
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Thanks for the ping...


15 posted on 12/26/2018 9:54:20 AM PST by GOPJ (TERM LIMIT DC SWAMP BUREAUCRATS - a permanent un-elected ruling class is a threat to freedom.)
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The stock market reacted today to the news of China cutting most of its tariffs on imports by soaring to the highest one day gain in the Dow Jones.


16 posted on 12/26/2018 1:43:11 PM PST by PJ-Comix (I am eating my way to weight loss. Pass the lox!)
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