[Peace-discuss] From the Greanville Post: China and the US trade war

Sat Mar 24 20:59:15 UTC 2018

China warns trade war will directly hit US consumers & financial markets
March 24, 2018<http://www.greanvillepost.com/2018/03/24/china-warns-trade-war-will-directly-hit-us-consumers-financial-markets/> Posted by Addison dePitt<http://www.greanvillepost.com/author/addison-depitt/>

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HELP ENLIGHTEN YOUR FELLOWS. BE SURE TO PASS THIS ON. SURVIVAL DEPENDS ON IT.
[http://www.greanvillepost.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/03/EditorsNote3.jpg]<http://www.greanvillepost.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/03/EditorsNote3.jpg>The appalling incompetents and hypocrites in charge of US foreign and domestic policy, (under Trump especially vile as they reek of rancid jingoism), have now determined that a trade war with China is a good idea, as part of (a) showing the misguided Trumpian base —the “deplorables”—that the man is thinking of them—jobs, jobs, jobs—and (b) as part of the empire’s search for ways to isolate and damage China’s trajectory to the top. Buried in all this colossal nonsense is the fact that (c) China never “stole” a single job, as Trump & Co.—and the presstitutes would have us believe—but, quite the opposite, the jobs were “exported” to China and other low-wage nations by a collective, cold-blooded decision of the US corporate ruling class, to minimise their wage bill and max profits, a “runaway” phenomenon that started way back, at least in the 1970s; and (d) such a move will profoundly destabilise the fragile US economy by removing a longstanding income subsidy to the American consumer, courtesy of Chinese sweat. Obviously these idiots do not even consider the inevitable repercussions of their opportunistic and flamboyant short-term policies at home. Where is the replacement income going to come when the Chinese imports cost far more? From higher wages at the local WalMarts or burger joint—assuming jobs are to be had? Expect no answers from the supreme assholes in charge, let alone from the imbecile in chief. In any case, do not forget this is not so much a Trumpian crime as it is a fully systemic, bipartisan betrayal of working Americans. But we’re used to that. Why should we expect any consideration from a government run by and for billionaires?
Dateline: 24 Mar, 2018 03:27Edited time: 24 Mar, 2018 09:05
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American consumers will be the biggest losers if a full-fledged US-China trade war breaks out, Beijing has warned, after President Donald Trump signed a memorandum to impose new tariffs targeting over $50bn of Chinese imports.

“The US’ persistence in advancing the Section 301 investigation and publishing the so-called findings to pick a trade war will undoubtedly undermine the interests of American consumers, enterprises and the financial market directly,” the Chinese Foreign Ministry said, a day after the US President ordered the US Trade Representative (USTR) to levy tariffs on at least $50 billion of Chinese imports. The move is designed to cut the US trade deficit and prevent alleged misappropriation of US intellectual property.

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[FILE PHOTO: Aluminum ingots are piled up at a bonded storage area at the Dagang Terminal of Qingdao Port, China © Fayen Wong]China hits back at Trump, announces retaliatory tariffs on $3bn of US goods<https://www.rt.com/business/422086-china-trump-retaliatory-tariffs/>

Trump’s Thursday announcement<https://www.whitehouse.gov/presidential-actions/presidential-memorandum-actions-united-states-related-section-301-investigation/> of the new duties was accompanied by the 215-page USTR’s Section 301 of the 1974 Trade Act investigation report<https://ustr.gov/sites/default/files/Section%20301%20FINAL.PDF> into China’s technology strategy, which, among other things, accuses Beijing of engaging in cyber espionage, intellectual property theft and pursuing aggressive investments and acquisitions in the US. “We have a tremendous intellectual property theft situation going on,” Trump said.

Beijing slammed Trump’s accusations as “unacceptable” and brushed aside all allegations of intellectual property theft.

“China’s innovation achievements are earned by the wisdom and sweat of 1.3 billion Chinese people, not by stealing and not by robbing anyone,” Foreign Ministry Spokesperson Hua Chunying insisted<http://www.fmprc.gov.cn/mfa_eng/xwfw_665399/s2510_665401/2511_665403/t1545062.shtml>, during Friday’s press briefing. “Such achievements may make the US feel worried, but as the largest economy in the world, the US is supposed to be above making groundless accusations and blowing things out of proportion.”

The Foreign Ministry explained that low-cost and labor-intensive products from China have “considerably lowered” the consumption cost for the American consumer, all while helping the US deal with inflation. “The American consumers and enterprises will bear the brunt” of a trade war with China, Hua noted.

The spokeswoman also slammed statements<https://www.cnbc.com/2018/03/15/white-house-official-navarro-us-can-institute-tariffs-without-causing-a-global-trade-war.html> from Trump’s economic adviser, Peter Navarro, who accused China of benefiting from bilateral trade much more than Washington benefits from trading with China.

“In making his remarks, [Navarro] is a little bit too arrogant. He has apparently miscalculated the situation and underestimated China’s resolve and capability to defend its own legitimate rights and interests as well as the price the US has to pay for its recklessness and willfulness,” the spokeswoman noted.

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US to China: Buy more American gas if you don’t want more tariffs https://on.rt.com/91qa <https://t.co/jdqQ4cQGoe>

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US “friendly” suggestion to China: Buy more American gas if you don’t want more tariffs — RT Business…

Donald Trump’s economic adviser has a suggestion as to how China can avoid more tariffs on its goods – buy more liquefied natural gas (LNG) from America.

Although the USTR was given 15 days by Trump to propose a list of Chinese products that will be targeted, China’s commerce ministry has already threatened to take legal action against the US through the World Trade Organization. The ministry is also contemplating targeting 128 American products through an imposition of a 15 percent tariff on American steel pipes, fruit and on wine imports. It also wants to slap the US with a 25 percent tariff on pork and recycled aluminum imports.

Amid the looming threat of a trade war escalation, the World Trade Organization’s Director-General Roberto Azevedo urged the sides to talk, warning that there will be “no winners” in this confrontation.

“Disrupting trade flows will jeopardize the global economy at a time when economic recovery, though fragile, has been increasingly evident around the world. I again call for restraint and urgent dialogue as the best path forward to resolve these problems,” Azevedo said Friday.

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