Jack Ma: 'If trade stops, war starts'

Re:Jack Ma: 'If trade stops, war starts' by jaredklewis on Monday February 06, 2017 @11:15AM (#13580830)

Your usage of the word subsidize is strange. I might as easily say that I subsidize my local grocery store. Except that a much more natural way to say the same thing is that I buy food there.

We have a trade deficit with China because they make so many affordable products that Americans want to buy.

Of course much of that wealth ends up in the hands of the Chinese government, just as the US taxes corporations here. I would probably describe our government's use of most of those funds as "ill-conceived." We certainly wage more wars than China.

Why so belligerent?

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Re:Jack Ma: 'If trade stops, war starts' by Mithorium on Monday February 06, 2017 @11:28AM (#13580998)

Now that you bring it up I realize that I am also running a massive trade deficit with my local grocery store. This does not seem fair, I should impose a 30% tariff on all food imported from the grocery, that will show them for subsidizing their supply chain and manipulating the prices of food

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Re:Jack Ma: 'If trade stops, war starts' by snrplfth on Monday February 06, 2017 @12:43PM (#13581922)

In fact, I think the grocery store has been manipulating their prices down, giving them an unfair advantage. Obviously you should insist that they stop selling such cheap food.

Man, we'll be rich in no time if we keep this up.

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Re:Jack Ma: 'If trade stops, war starts' by rrggrr on Monday February 06, 2017 @11:24AM (#13580950)

You're not in the grocery business. Your grocery store doesn't manipulate its prices giving it an unfair advantage against your store. Spirited disagreement != belligerence.

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