Welp...

[BobbyBoucheer]

This week, with the successful renegotiation of a trade agreement with Mexico and Canada — the USMCA — Trump is now able to control China’s access to the entire North American market.

Beijing officials now realize, even if many in the US foreign policy establishment don’t, that they are facing a master tactician, one who is moving steadily from deal to deal, getting as many concessions as he can, and then moving on the next.
But they also see Trump as not just transactional, but strategic. He is pressuring China not just on the economic front, but on the military and ideological front as well. They fear that his goal is not just to rectify the trade deficit, but to eliminate the threat that a rising China poses to the US.

The Chinese have been set on their heels by an American adversary who quotes Sun Tzu: “The supreme art of war is to subdue the enemy without fighting.”

The Art of War has met The Art of the Deal. And The Art of the Deal has won.

Only the terms of the surrender remain to be negotiated.



https://nypost.com/2018/10/06/trump-has-china-quaking-in-its-boots/amp/?__twitter_impression=true

 

[WVUCOOPER]

This week, with the successful renegotiation of a trade agreement with Mexico and Canada — the USMCA — Trump is now able to control China’s access to the entire North American market.

Beijing officials now realize, even if many in the US foreign policy establishment don’t, that they are facing a master tactician, one who is moving steadily from deal to deal, getting as many concessions as he can, and then moving on the next.
But they also see Trump as not just transactional, but strategic. He is pressuring China not just on the economic front, but on the military and ideological front as well. They fear that his goal is not just to rectify the trade deficit, but to eliminate the threat that a rising China poses to the US.

The Chinese have been set on their heels by an American adversary who quotes Sun Tzu: “The supreme art of war is to subdue the enemy without fighting.”

The Art of War has met The Art of the Deal. And The Art of the Deal has won.

Only the terms of the surrender remain to be negotiated.



https://nypost.com/2018/10/06/trump-has-china-quaking-in-its-boots/amp/?__twitter_impression=true

lol

 

[BobbyBoucheer]

lol

 

[WVUCOOPER]

I don't like that. We have wasted months and billions of dollars of taxes on US companies and consumers for us to almost be back to where we were when old Goofy Ears had us in TPP. "Master tactician" indeed.

 

[firkinEER]

 

[WVUCOOPER]

This week, with the successful renegotiation of a trade agreement with Mexico and Canada — the USMCA — Trump is now able to control China’s access to the entire North American market.

Beijing officials now realize, even if many in the US foreign policy establishment don’t, that they are facing a master tactician, one who is moving steadily from deal to deal, getting as many concessions as he can, and then moving on the next.
But they also see Trump as not just transactional, but strategic. He is pressuring China not just on the economic front, but on the military and ideological front as well. They fear that his goal is not just to rectify the trade deficit, but to eliminate the threat that a rising China poses to the US.

The Chinese have been set on their heels by an American adversary who quotes Sun Tzu: “The supreme art of war is to subdue the enemy without fighting.”

The Art of War has met The Art of the Deal. And The Art of the Deal has won.

Only the terms of the surrender remain to be negotiated.



https://nypost.com/2018/10/06/trump-has-china-quaking-in-its-boots/amp/?__twitter_impression=true

From those librul hacks at CATO:

NAFTA 2.0: The Best Trade Agreement Ever Negotiated (Except for All of the Others)

https://www.cato.org/blog/nafta-20-best-trade-agreement-ever-negotiated-except-all-others

 

[BobbyBoucheer]

From those librul hacks at CATO:

NAFTA 2.0: The Best Trade Agreement Ever Negotiated (Except for All of the Others)

https://www.cato.org/blog/nafta-20-best-trade-agreement-ever-negotiated-except-all-others

CATO institute.....

 

[WVUCOOPER]

CATO institute.....

Yeah....what do they know, amirite? lol

 

[wvu2007]

Yeah....what do they know, amirite? lol

Not very much.

 

[wvu2007]

https://www.cnbc.com/2018/10/08/us-...bank-pboc-cuts-banks-rrr-to-save-economy.html

 

[WVUCOOPER]

"If one [trading] partner shoots a hole in the boat, does it make sense for the other one to shoot another hole in the boat? Some say, yes, and call that getting tough. Well, I call it stupid."

 

[wvu2007]

"If one [trading] partner shoots a hole in the boat, does it make sense for the other one to shoot another hole in the boat? Some say, yes, and call that getting tough. Well, I call it stupid."

A boat capsizes when one side is overloaded.

 

[WVUCOOPER]

A boat capsizes when one side is overloaded.

I have no idea what that means in regard to trade. Glad to see Trumpers just brush aside RR.

 

[wvu2007]

I have no idea what that means in regard to trade. Glad to see Trumpers just brush aside RR.

His quote is irrelevant to the current economic situation in regards to China.

 

[WVUCOOPER]

His quote is irrelevant to the current economic situation in regards to China.

Why?

And it's not just China. We have tariffs on other countries, including Canada and Mexico.

 

[wvu2007]

Why?

And it's not just China. We have tariffs on other countries, including Canada and Mexico.

China is threatening the US to become the world's superpower. We need to handle it now before they get there. By renegotiating deals with other countries such as Canada and Mexico it puts even more pressure on China.

p.s. Did President Reagan not impose tariffs on countries that were hurting US economic interests?

 

[WVUCOOPER]

China is threatening the US to become the world's superpower. We need to handle it now before they get there. By renegotiating deals with other countries such as Canada and Mexico it puts even more pressure on China.

p.s. Did President Reagan not impose tariffs on countries that were hurting US economic interests?

Agreed. How does hurting our own citizens and company help us prevail?

He did and they were the wrong approach, so I wouldn't say his quote was irrelevant to today.

Now that's China, why do we still have tariffs on Canada, Mexico, etc etc?

 

[wvu2007]

Agreed. How does hurting our own citizens and company help us prevail?

How did the the deaths of hundreds of thousands Americans help us prevail in World War 2? Sometimes it takes tough decisions and sacrifice for the greater good. I certainly don't want actual war with China but if we continue to allow them to flourish then we will be faced with a possibility of having to go to war with them. They aren't going to back down easily but they are starting to feel the pressure MUCH more than we are.

He did and they were the wrong approach, so I wouldn't say his quote was irrelevant to today.

In terms of what is trying to be achieved I think it is absolutely irrelevant while used as a broad term.

Now that's China, why do we still have tariffs on Canada, Mexico, etc etc?

Soon!