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Re:Manufacturers want to quit China for Vietnam, but find it... by jjakque on Thursday August 22, 2019 @01:14AM (#20764848)
> ...but the current presidential administration is enacting tariffs on many other countries...

I'm quite curious to know possible rationals behind that?

To layman like myself, it make absolute no sense, but on some level it got to have a purpose right? even if it's ulterior motive or personal agenda.

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Re:Manufacturers want to quit China for Vietnam, but find it... by bduerst on Thursday August 22, 2019 @12:43PM (#20769928)
That's because the trade war is irrational.

It's based in animosity, which is typically economically detrimental: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Economic_discrimination#Animos...

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