The Tarriff Hype.

Ron in Regina

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Beijing has welcomed signs the U.S. is second-guessing its aggressive approach to China, following weeks of escalating reciprocal tariffs and bilateral tensions.

Asked about Mr. Bessent’s comments later in the day, President Donald Trump said the current 145 per cent tariff on all Chinese goods will “come down substantially,” the latest dramatic U-turn in his global trade war.

At a regular news conference Wednesday, Chinese Foreign Ministry spokesman Guo Jiakun reiterated Beijing’s long-standing point that “there are no winners in a tariff war or a trade war.”

“China’s attitude is very clear,” Mr. Guo said. “We do not want to fight, but nor are we afraid to. If forced to fight, we will do so to the end. When it comes to talks, our door is wide open.”

Throughout, Mr. Trump had encouraged China to come to the table, even suggesting Chinese leader Xi Jinping was keen to make a deal, but Beijing showed no signs of blinking, publicly dismissing the threat of U.S. tariffs and seeking to build ties with partners in Europe and Southeast Asia. This approach was bolstered by Mr. Trump’s “Liberation Day” tariffs on almost every country in the world, which alienated U.S. trading partners, helping China advance itself as the more responsible global player.
 

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Beijing has welcomed signs the U.S. is second-guessing its aggressive approach to China, following weeks of escalating reciprocal tariffs and bilateral tensions.

Asked about Mr. Bessent’s comments later in the day, President Donald Trump said the current 145 per cent tariff on all Chinese goods will “come down substantially,” the latest dramatic U-turn in his global trade war.

At a regular news conference Wednesday, Chinese Foreign Ministry spokesman Guo Jiakun reiterated Beijing’s long-standing point that “there are no winners in a tariff war or a trade war.”

“China’s attitude is very clear,” Mr. Guo said. “We do not want to fight, but nor are we afraid to. If forced to fight, we will do so to the end. When it comes to talks, our door is wide open.”

Throughout, Mr. Trump had encouraged China to come to the table, even suggesting Chinese leader Xi Jinping was keen to make a deal, but Beijing showed no signs of blinking, publicly dismissing the threat of U.S. tariffs and seeking to build ties with partners in Europe and Southeast Asia. This approach was bolstered by Mr. Trump’s “Liberation Day” tariffs on almost every country in the world, which alienated U.S. trading partners, helping China advance itself as the more responsible global player.
Oh bullshit. If it were only Trump. Trump has international backing.

It's not hard to drum up Leftist support against China. China is after all the most racist and anti-alphabet soup country on Earth. Fags and dykes end up as organ donors on an industrial scale.
 

Ron in Regina

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Getting chased into the BRICS by Americas war on everybody?
Oh bullshit. If it were only Trump. Trump has international backing.
Does Trump have Walmart, etc…backing?
 

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Getting chased into the BRICS by Americas war on everybody?

Does Trump have Walmart, etc…backing?
Neither is going to budge and yes the US has plenty of backing. Do you think Germany Korea and Japan are miffed that China manufacturing is getting hammered?
 

Ron in Regina

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…& here we are the day after the Canadian Federal Election.
 

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…& here we are the day after the Canadian Federal Election.
Hey Carney, should I plant canola?
 

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…& here we are the day after the Canadian Federal Election.
Would you expect anything different ?
 

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I did. I’d expect it to be less blatant, & less rules for thee but not for me, if they expect their constituents to vote for them, & yet people voted for them. I’m quite disgusted at this point.
Wait until they figure out the only other market for the Great Canadian Fire Sale is China.

Watch closely on who invests in Gray's Bay. That's a biggie in cashing in on the northwest passage.
 

Ron in Regina

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Dealing with Trump became a central pillar of the federal election campaign, because Trump & Carney made it so, with all party leaders weighing in on how best to respond to Trump’s actions. Carney pledged repeatedly to build trade relationships with countries other than the U.S. in order to make Canada more independent.

“I actually think the Conservative hated me much more than the so-called ‘Liberal,’” he said, referring to Conservative Leader Pierre Poilievre.
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Prior to his election victory, Carney said he and Trump agreed to continue trade negotiations (that in his capacity as a caretaker government, he should not have been doing in the first place, with parliament prorogued, & during an election) after Canadians chose their next prime minister. Now that Carney has won, he and Trump are expected to reconfigure the central document guiding commerce between the two countries: the Canada-United States-Mexico Agreement.