Why Boycott Atlanta but not Beijing Olympics?
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cant be done. these are the 2 larget economies -and we are inextricably interacted
Trump had it correct. negotiate the bi-lateral with built in enforcement. Biden is clueless
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we should.
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of course it can be done. we dont really need to go to zero trade. tariffs are enough, but we could do it if needed.
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if we treated the china problem like a covid problem it could be done, for sure.
operation chink speed.
operation chink speed.
no we cant. it would cripple our economy - too many key imports and cheap stuff - it would cause a massive recession to even try, and it's not even desirable
It doesn't mean trade cant be negotiated - Trump showed how- Biden seems uninterested except for some rhetoric and "human rights" inanities.
The problem is there isnt a Robert Lighthizer with the stones or Peter Navarro at executive level to bring in POTUS pressure
So we'll continue to drift. Beijing will continue their malign trade and we continue circling the drain
we DID treat China like COVID -the China virus blew up the agreement (phase 1).
Trumps tariffs might still be on, but China knows Biden doesnt get it on trade
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bullshit. this is negative thinking. it would change our economy. there wouldn't be as much cheap shit, bit that's ok, maintaining our freedoms and independence are worth it.
we are resource rich, and that's all that matters.
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no we didn't. our mainstream media lies and says china good all day long. they're printing money crazily to get through covid, while dems bitch about subsidizing farmers to maintain food production. if the media was not nearly totally corrupted with lies, it would be a walk in the park to turn this ship around, to mix a metaphor.
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so it all masks off now. good.
no cheap shit means we dont get high tech consumer goods. Do you have a grasp of how difficult it would be to solely manufacture here? we would have to be competitive with China goods - no manufacturer at the global level now is going to build and sell solely to the US market - for various reasons- China ( and to some extent S Korea and Vietnam) builds a cheaper and better mousetrap
what we can do is try to use different supply chains,and move key industries here (like pharmaceuticals)
but even that is a gigantic lift because of international trade
Recall trade is international. trying protectionism,or manufacturing to a US/NAFTA market isnt economically feasible
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some good research key words.
british east india company --> opium wars --> hsbc --> banker betrayal of the west --> the great reset
british east india company --> opium wars --> hsbc --> banker betrayal of the west --> the great reset
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we can make high tech goods ourselves.
I grasp the difficulty, but nothing worthwhile is easy.
im for shifting supply chains too.
we could just full on not trade with china, if we have to.
you have a lot of globalist propaganda stuck in your head.
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first off where do we get the rare earths to do so?
China and it's trade partners control most of it
and it means China would not buy our construction equipment or agra. or raw materials
that hurts our economy
there would be a black market for tech goods etc.
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most. not all.
it may hurt our economy some. but it's worth it all to maintain human freedom on earth. that's really what's at stake. I don't want to hear about a few bad quarters of profits. that thinking is retarded.
you're defeated in your own mind.
I know this is a hard row to hoe in the face of the finance industry funded lie machine.
What are rare earth elements, and why are they important?
https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/news/rare-earth-elements-important
China controls about 80% of U.S. imports of rare earth metals and compounds, and some lawmakers in Washington, D.C., are hoping to break China’s grip on the global rare earth elements market in case it decides to block the export of the valuable elements into the U.S.
“China’s near monopoly of the rare-earth supply chain, including its control of the vast majority of the world’s rare-earth metallurgical manufacturing capacity, is a major threat to our national security and economic security,” Florida Sen. Marco Rubio told the Washington Examiner in a statement this week. “To truly secure our rare earth supply chains, the United States must ensure domestic metallurgical manufacturing capabilities.”
U.S. rare earth production is minimal compared to that of China but is expected to ramp up in the future. MP Materials Corp. operates the only functioning U.S. rare earth element mine, Mountain Pass in California. While it has plans to build a separation facility, it still ships the raw product to China for separation. Other future projects include a separation facility and mine in Alaska and two projects in Texas.
https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/news/rare-earth-elements-important
China controls about 80% of U.S. imports of rare earth metals and compounds, and some lawmakers in Washington, D.C., are hoping to break China’s grip on the global rare earth elements market in case it decides to block the export of the valuable elements into the U.S.
“China’s near monopoly of the rare-earth supply chain, including its control of the vast majority of the world’s rare-earth metallurgical manufacturing capacity, is a major threat to our national security and economic security,” Florida Sen. Marco Rubio told the Washington Examiner in a statement this week. “To truly secure our rare earth supply chains, the United States must ensure domestic metallurgical manufacturing capabilities.”
U.S. rare earth production is minimal compared to that of China but is expected to ramp up in the future. MP Materials Corp. operates the only functioning U.S. rare earth element mine, Mountain Pass in California. While it has plans to build a separation facility, it still ships the raw product to China for separation. Other future projects include a separation facility and mine in Alaska and two projects in Texas.
horse feathers
China is not about to undo the Uyghurs "re-education camps" and we cant sanction them enough to make them
you are tilting at windmills
we cant even save Hong Kong democracy
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thinking on it, we should actually reject a lot of gadgetry, it's destroying our minds. it's an always on connection to great spouts of lies and destructive memes.