Trump prepared to slap tariffs con all Chinese goods imported to United States

Saturday, July 21st 2018 - 08:29 UTC

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President Donald Trump has indicated that he is willing to slap tariffs on every Chinese goods imported to the U.S. should the need arise.“I'm ready to go to 500,” the president told CNBC's Joe Kernen in a “Squawk Box” interview aired Friday. Read full article

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chronic
Two small chinese problems.

One. If the chinese punish the US with a debt sell off they lower their own credit rating and allow speculators to reap an easy profit.

Two. The chinese very quickly exhaust their ability to exact counter tariffs due to the depth of the trade imbalance.
Jul 22nd, 2018 - 01:11 pm - Link - Report abuse 0
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Terence Hill
chronic i.e pathological
“Two small chinese problems.”
“Almost all shoes sold in the U.S. are imported. Now the industry is terrified of tariffs.”
https://www.washingtonpost.com/business/2018/07/24/almost-all-shoes-sold-us-are-imported-now-industry-is-terrified-tariffs/?utm_term=.f90430fcc359
Hmm, a shoeless America, tough in the winter.
Jul 25th, 2018 - 02:39 pm - Link - Report abuse 0
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