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RE: Trump losing the trade war.
May 26, 2019 at 4:55 pm
(May 26, 2019 at 11:15 am)Jehanne Wrote: Trump is a teetotaler.
You sure about that? Because the way he's acting is like a former flatmate who needed a stiff drink to get out of bed in the mornings.
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RE: Trump losing the trade war.
May 27, 2019 at 3:03 pm
I don't see how the US can be losing in this trade war.
Let's say the tariff on Chinese-made doodads is 25%. This means - according to Trump - that for every four crates of doodads unloaded at American ports, the Chinese also have to unload one crate stuffed with cash. So, you're getting the Chinese goods AND boxes and boxes of currency.
Stop doubting the Stable Genius.
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RE: Trump losing the trade war.
May 28, 2019 at 10:17 am
(May 26, 2019 at 4:55 pm)Nomad Wrote: (May 26, 2019 at 11:15 am)Jehanne Wrote: Trump is a teetotaler.
You sure about that? Because the way he's acting is like a former flatmate who needed a stiff drink to get out of bed in the mornings.
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RE: Trump losing the trade war.
June 1, 2019 at 7:08 am
I think one of Trump's biggest brain-blocks on the whole trade thing is that he can't shake the false notion that trade is a zero-sum game. He thinks that if China or Mexico (or, for all I know, the Duchy of Grand Fenwick) exports more to the US than the US exports to them, the US is somehow being cheated.
Why are his aides and various hangers-on so afraid to explain 'trade deficit' to him?
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