On Wednesday, April 4, 2018 at 10:35:08 AM UTC-5, Bod wrote:
On 04/04/2018 16:31, Uncle Monster wrote:
On Wednesday, April 4, 2018 at 10:21:41 AM UTC-5, trader_4 wrote:
On Tuesday, April 3, 2018 at 10:19:16 PM UTC-4, Uncle Monster wrote:
On Tuesday, April 3, 2018 at 5:19:54 PM UTC-5, trader_4 wrote:
On Tuesday, April 3, 2018 at 6:12:59 PM UTC-4, T wrote:
On 04/02/2018 02:14 AM, Bod wrote:
You are ignoring all of the financial forecasters, who give their expert
views. They are giving you serious warnings.
You appear to just blindly follow Trump whatever he does.
Like he said he could shoot someone and you'd still vote for him.
That on its own should tell you what sort of man he is.

IMO, Trump is acting like a bull in a china shop.
Methinks he should impose tariffs *gradually* and over a few years..

No I am not. The Elites have gotten wealthy off of one
way free trade. And they are screaming like stuck pigs
now that someone FINALLY has the interest of the people
in mind.

Aren't there some problems in your little socialist toilet
you should be tending to?

The American people will be paying the tariffs Trump just put on, not China. And China just countered with new tariffs on US agricultural products. Hope those pig farmers that voted for Trump are happy when their sales to China decrease and pork prices drop.

Traitor_4ever, do you think China is the only country that purchases food products from The U.S.A. and that some other country would be glad to purchase American products?

Imagine you were in business selling a fungible product and the govt just
put a 25% penalty on one third of your existing customers, where if they continue to buy from you, they have to pay a new 25% tax. It wouldn't
affect you? You could just sell all that product somewhere else
when your existing customers move to lower cost suppliers?
China takes over half of US soybeans. Or you're Boeing, and China puts
a 25% tariff on airplanes, so China instead buys from Airbus. Where
is Boeing going to sell those airplanes that China would have bought?
Airbus will be building factories and Boeing will be laying people off,
that is what will happen.

So, we can go down that path. Who's going to cave first? Trump the
flipper or Dear Leader for life Xi? One has campaigns to finance,
lobbyist to deal with, mid-term elections to lose, an open media that
will be reporting, freedom of speech. The other, not so much. We're
already at the soybean and pork producers getting screwed in the heart
of Trumpland.

Some little guy in India could purchase American grain then sell it to China at a profit.

Sure, the country that has 1.4 bil people is going to buy soybeans a
bucket at a time. And never mind that it isn't feasible anyway, the
supply chain through India would be worse than paying the 25% tariff.

Of course, the Indian man wouldn't tell the Chinese where the grain came from. If there is a demand for a product, people will find a way to get it. Where is China going to buy food if their leaders cut off the supply from America?

From all the other countries that export soybeans and pork. They
could even move more business to those countries in retaliation if the
price were the same. That's called a trade war. We've already seen
that happen with Trump rejecting TPP, with Australia replacing US
beef in the TPP countries.

It would be funny to see American food products made illegal for Chinese people to possess. It would be a lot like the government here telling people they can't have a plant that grows everywhere and that people can't smoke it or put it in brownies. Somebody would find a way to hide the source of American food products and ship them into China. ^_^

[8~{} Uncle Hungry Monster

Pure hyperbole on what is a very serious matter.

I'm glad you're such an expert at international trade. You need to get to Washington D.C. right now, kick President Trump out of The White House and take over. Save us Traitor_4ever! Save us! O_o

[8~{} Uncle Traded Monster

At this moment in time, anyone with a functioning brain and a bit of
savvy would be better than Trump.
--
Bod

Then you should get your superior arse to Washington D.C. right now and kick Trump out of The White House and save the world Bodyless! Save us, please! ^_^

[8~{} Uncle Helpless Monster