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Re:World’s top bicycle maker is moving U.S. orders to Taiwan... by avocado4 on Monday June 17, 2019 @07:15PM (#20208245)
Perhaps if manufacturers will move out of PRC into nearby countries it won't have a large effect on prices for consumers and businesses in the US, but at the same time will force China to make structural changes in adherence with the rules of global trade and human rights. Too bad Trump has alienated traditional US allies - if major economies teamed up in this effort it would have been a much easier goal.
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Re:World’s top bicycle maker is moving U.S. orders to Taiwan... by jimmaswell on Monday June 17, 2019 @07:17PM (#20208253)
I don't think allies are going to be permanently "alienated" by one president's remarks.
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Re:World’s top bicycle maker is moving U.S. orders to Taiwan... by threeseed on Monday June 17, 2019 @08:20PM (#20208658)
"Once bitten, twice shy" as the saying goes.

For example, the EU has acknowledged that their unflappable trust in the US alliance can no longer be depended on. And they are taking steps to move towards a more independent posture in particular on defence.

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Re:World’s top bicycle maker is moving U.S. orders to Taiwan... by tensor on Monday June 17, 2019 @08:58PM (#20208890)
It will be if that president becomes your monarch, which is looking increasingly likely.
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Re:World’s top bicycle maker is moving U.S. orders to Taiwan... by dang on Tuesday June 18, 2019 @01:12AM (#20209968)
No partisan flamebait here please.

https://news.ycombinator.com/newsguidelines.html

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Re:World’s top bicycle maker is moving U.S. orders to Taiwan... by dang on Tuesday June 18, 2019 @01:11AM (#20209960)
Posting political flamewar comments isn't ok here. Would you please review and follow the site guidelines so we don't have to ban you again?

https://news.ycombinator.com/newsguidelines.html

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Re:World’s top bicycle maker is moving U.S. orders to Taiwan... by comicjk on Monday June 17, 2019 @07:34PM (#20208345)
If this was the reason you voted for Trump, I have some bad news about the trajectory of military spending.
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Re:World’s top bicycle maker is moving U.S. orders to Taiwan... by microcolonel on Monday June 17, 2019 @07:27PM (#20208312)
The "traditional US allies" have been the least help in this. The U.S. government hasn't done enough to support Taiwan in my opinion, but U.S. relations with India, Viet nam, Korea, etc. are exceptionally good. Among them surely is a replacement for some of the scale and industrial power the PRC is unwilling to provide on reasonable terms.
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Re:World’s top bicycle maker is moving U.S. orders to Taiwan... by drogon50 on Monday June 17, 2019 @08:10PM (#20208594)
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-asia-india-48650505
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Re:World’s top bicycle maker is moving U.S. orders to Taiwan... by microcolonel on Monday June 17, 2019 @08:22PM (#20208674)
The U.S. relationship with China is dominated by imports, so India restricting some imports from the U.S. (keeping in mind that China imposes far more severe tariffs on most U.S. goods) is not completely crazy.
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Re:World’s top bicycle maker is moving U.S. orders to Taiwan... by BuckRogers on Monday June 17, 2019 @07:43PM (#20208399)
The USA can't provide that scale and industrial power? Seems like the elephant in the room.
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Re:World’s top bicycle maker is moving U.S. orders to Taiwan... by microcolonel on Monday June 17, 2019 @08:19PM (#20208655)
Maybe the U.S. can, but it seems that some people still think it's more efficient to go elsewhere, and in the near term I don't see that opinion changing.
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Re:World’s top bicycle maker is moving U.S. orders to Taiwan... by BuckRogers on Tuesday June 18, 2019 @12:40PM (#20214974)
That efficiency can be eliminated with tariffs, just as much of the rest of the world does. The only safe place to do business, is in the country that you're selling to. That should've never been encouraged to get away from to begin with.
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