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Re:China announces 25% tariffs on $16B worth US goods by deadmetheny on Wednesday August 08, 2018 @12:08PM (#17717069)
China can't just "call in" debt from treasury bonds, that's not how they work at all. And what happens after they sell a bunch of treasury bonds? Everyone knows that the yuan is propped up by the Chinese government and ain't worth a spit internationally, and US treasury bonds are still considered a good investment at present.
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Re:China announces 25% tariffs on $16B worth US goods by onlyrealcuzzo on Wednesday August 08, 2018 @12:20PM (#17717178)
Right. Wouldn't they have to find a buyer for the bonds? That'd likely increase the yield quite a bit, which would descrese the value of China's holding a lot, right?
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