Trump says he's prepared to slap tariffs on all $500B in Chinese imports to U.S

Re:Trump says he's prepared to slap tariffs on all $500B in ... by enitihas on Friday July 20, 2018 @12:01PM (#17576147)

Correct me if I am wrong here, but I think a non democratic country like China will always have the upper hand in trade wars against a democratic one like the US, all else being relatively equal. They can always target politically sensitive agricultural produce in the swing states. I think the farmer vote in the US is quite significant. And the Chinese government does not need to worry about elections in the short term.

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Re:Trump says he's prepared to slap tariffs on all $500B in ... by threatofrain on Friday July 20, 2018 @12:09PM (#17576239)

I think that all democracies will need to find a defense against this sort of pressure, and that democracies could just as well wield this pressure against another similar state.

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Re:Trump says he's prepared to slap tariffs on all $500B in ... by enitihas on Friday July 20, 2018 @12:26PM (#17576407)

Off course, but states with two party alternative rules and a small number of deciding constituents (swing states) are more susceptible to such pressures.

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Re:Trump says he's prepared to slap tariffs on all $500B in ... by theandrewbailey on Friday July 20, 2018 @12:25PM (#17576403)

The problem is that China built its economy on exports and relies on them, but the US doesn't.

Also, I bet that farmers like Trump a hell of a lot more than they like selling to the Chinese.

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Re:Trump says he's prepared to slap tariffs on all $500B in ... by gremlinsinc on Saturday July 21, 2018 @12:19AM (#17580663)

China's leaders have enough money, they could hunker down for a decade and not export anything and still be successful. The people would starve, and there'd probably be some put out of there misery, it'd be a humanitarian nightmare, but China is a dictatorship and will wither the storm better than we will, and face it America will cave as soon as we have a competent leader who repeals the tariffs and fixes our geopolitical status.

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Re:Trump says he's prepared to slap tariffs on all $500B in ... by IOT_Apprentice on Friday July 20, 2018 @12:31PM (#17576466)

Ask the US Soybean producers how that is working out for them.

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Re:Trump says he's prepared to slap tariffs on all $500B in ... by fellellor on Friday July 20, 2018 @09:35PM (#17580260)

They like money more than selling to China. Do they like Trump more than money?

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