He’s right. But also THIS IS YOUR FAULT. We would all prefer to be trading with a good faith US partner, but we can’t do that when you’re arbitrarily ripping up your own deals. At least China is relatively predictable.
grooverocker on
And trading with the USA is peachy?
This is an American administration that publicly states their goal as annexation. That uses overt bully tactics to threaten our industries. That wipes their obese American asses with the “deals” they sign. America is so violent and threatening and volatile right now.
Is China a moral country? No.
Is America? No.
GraveDiggingCynic on
It was just over a week ago that Trump was still vowing to invade Greenland. I don’t recall China ever vowing to invade Greenland.
Muddlesthrough on
Trump seems to be only dimly aware of his surroundings. When asked questions by media, he gives general non-commital answers, “china deal good for canada.” Days later, after one of his lackeys tells him what to think, he comes back angry. It’s like Weekend at Bernies, but Trump is a living corpse.
BigRonDongson on
Fuck them, we wanted to have a good relationship and keep trading with the US but they pushed us into this situation. Now we can’t trust them so get used to us trading with whomever we want
CarousersCorner on
Dangerous to US dominance, sure. But he doesn’t seem all that interested in that, does he?
Everything he’s doing runs counter to the notion of US dominance in the world, while using the guise od being FOR US dominance in the world
dermanus on
Trading with the US is dangerous. We can’t make plans more than a week or two out because who knows what sort of bullshit their dear leader is going to dream up and hassle us with.
Plus we still trade less with China than the US does, but he never lets facts get in the way of what he’s saying.
_project_cybersyn_ on
This is like Britain pressuring countries to keep buying British and decouple from these American upstarts back in the early 20th century.
SilverBeech on
I feel like our response should be something like: OK, then give us a better deal.
Fuck you, pay me is a decent strategy for dealing with hegemons. Play ’em off against each other. A transactional world needs a low-trust transactional approach. The US isn’t our friend anymore than China or Russia is, not in trade, not where it matters economically.
FinalBastionofSanity on
After the US has used trade as a weapon against Canada/the UK, now we’re not supposed to be finding other trading partners!? Fuck em’
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He’s right. But also THIS IS YOUR FAULT. We would all prefer to be trading with a good faith US partner, but we can’t do that when you’re arbitrarily ripping up your own deals. At least China is relatively predictable.
And trading with the USA is peachy?
This is an American administration that publicly states their goal as annexation. That uses overt bully tactics to threaten our industries. That wipes their obese American asses with the “deals” they sign. America is so violent and threatening and volatile right now.
Is China a moral country? No.
Is America? No.
It was just over a week ago that Trump was still vowing to invade Greenland. I don’t recall China ever vowing to invade Greenland.
Trump seems to be only dimly aware of his surroundings. When asked questions by media, he gives general non-commital answers, “china deal good for canada.” Days later, after one of his lackeys tells him what to think, he comes back angry. It’s like Weekend at Bernies, but Trump is a living corpse.
Fuck them, we wanted to have a good relationship and keep trading with the US but they pushed us into this situation. Now we can’t trust them so get used to us trading with whomever we want
Dangerous to US dominance, sure. But he doesn’t seem all that interested in that, does he?
Everything he’s doing runs counter to the notion of US dominance in the world, while using the guise od being FOR US dominance in the world
Trading with the US is dangerous. We can’t make plans more than a week or two out because who knows what sort of bullshit their dear leader is going to dream up and hassle us with.
Plus we still trade less with China than the US does, but he never lets facts get in the way of what he’s saying.
This is like Britain pressuring countries to keep buying British and decouple from these American upstarts back in the early 20th century.
I feel like our response should be something like: OK, then give us a better deal.
Fuck you, pay me is a decent strategy for dealing with hegemons. Play ’em off against each other. A transactional world needs a low-trust transactional approach. The US isn’t our friend anymore than China or Russia is, not in trade, not where it matters economically.
After the US has used trade as a weapon against Canada/the UK, now we’re not supposed to be finding other trading partners!? Fuck em’