The U.S. and China. And More Tariff Talk.

Responses to Facebook chats.

THE tariff pitch is a "chip" as trade emissaries of the U.S. and China talk leading to a signed agreement or the 2nd phase of Mr Trump's trade pact with Xi Jinping (the first phase was inked in January 2020). 

       Fact: From 2021 to 2024, the U.S. (foreign policy) playbook obviously changed as China went to "work" quietly, groundworking other economies beyond the U.S. Hints: Just 2 weeks after Nov 2020, China gathered 14 Asia Pacific economies to form the RCEP, currently the world’s largest trade bloc. Check China's new FDIs in MENA. And of course BRICS expanded (add Egypt UAE Iran Indonesia Ethiopia) in those years. The impact of trade in Europe also shook as the Ukraine war exploded and Russian energy imports to the region halted or lessened. 

       The Chinese are very shrewd or cunning traders. As news focuses on or obsessed with every Trump move, the CCP makes deals in the backyard and side-streets. Look back how China bought lands NSEW of the Great Wall from the time of Deng Xiaoping to the 21st century as the U.S. was busy with “cold war'ring” with Russia. Parallel with while Joe was busy pissing off Vlad, Xi was tossing FDIs and loans all over. 

       As these tariff dramas are played up by the media like a doomsday missile, corporations take advantage by jacking up prices. Of course media is also owned or linked profit-wise with those who sell. Fact: The US is world's #1 consumer market and market influencer. Of course China knows that but China is not a top FDI or investor or landowner in the US (Japan and Canada are) yet the US buys a lot of raw materials or pertinent minerals from China like silicon (think Nvidia) and 8,600+ American companies (think Apple and Microsoft and GM) are active in China. Etc etcetera. 🏛🗽🏛