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Re:White House announces 25 percent tariff on Chinese tech g... by seanmcdirmid on Friday June 15, 2018 @04:34PM (#17323320)
The USA doesn’t mine it because refining it is economically not competitive compared to Chinese producers who give a damn about pollution laws.
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Re:White House announces 25 percent tariff on Chinese tech g... by orf on Friday June 15, 2018 @07:33PM (#17324679)
Not sure if Trump and his appointees do either
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Re:White House announces 25 percent tariff on Chinese tech g... by seanmcdirmid on Friday June 15, 2018 @07:51PM (#17324769)
Trump is just one president against a well-established Nixonian institution. He might be able to do damage, but we won't get to China-level pollution in just one term.
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