The Foreign Trade Thread

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n_huffhines said:
It doesn't make us enemies, which is what marcus said she said.
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Perhaps i misread, or what i read was inaccurate. If so, i will own that. Try to remember where i read that..maybe she said we were a "threat to europe"? Like russia and china? Not sure, i read a lot honestly. When i read the quote though, my immediate reaction was "screw you and the country you rode in on." What an ingrateful beetch...has us protecting them from russia, while she builds an oil pipeline...to russia. Seriously? And now the US is the threat..yeah. i give germans a bit of a pass, in that trump says things regularly that every American doesnt feel. Could be same thing here. If not, screw them, too.
 
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Merkle was a globalist that benefitted Germany. Take from the US and our closest allies and we'll screw you in the ass. I lived in Germany for three years growing up and believe me they hate the Americans today as much as they did then.
 
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Free Trade is nonexistent with China if they slap tariffs on our goods, but we don't slap any on theirs. That's called screwing us.
 
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marcusluvsvols said:
Perhaps i misread, or what i read was inaccurate. If so, i will own that. Try to remember where i read that..maybe she said we were a "threat to europe"? Like russia and china? Not sure, i read a lot honestly. When i read the quote though, my immediate reaction was "screw you and the country you rode in on." What an ingrateful beetch...has us protecting them from russia, while she builds an oil pipeline...to russia. Seriously? And now the US is the threat..yeah. i give germans a bit of a pass, in that trump says things regularly that every American doesnt feel. Could be same thing here. If not, screw them, too.
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Why don't you just look it up instead of guessing? You're jumping to conclusions that have no basis in reality.

I've looked for what you're talking about. I found that one of her top people said they get "the impression that Trump considers the EU an enemy". She didn't call us an enemy or say she considered us an enemy.
 
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VolStrom said:
Merkle was a globalist that benefitted Germany. Take from the US and our closest allies and we'll screw you in the ass. I lived in Germany for three years growing up and believe me they hate the Americans today as much as they did then.
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But they love the green backs those American military bases pump into their economy!
 
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Well if i have some free time huff, when i dont feel like dickin around on VN, maybe i will go look for it bud. Or i could just do the much easier thing, and say

"You re right, Huff. Maybe i misquoted that old hag. Good catch."

Because arguing about what a socialist old german hag did or did not say just isnt important to me. Whatever she said. She said it, not Trump, and my reaction was "screw you, old hag. Dont ask us to defend you or help if Putin cuts off that oil in wintertime. You ran your mouth about the US just 1 too many times after yall killed half of poland, and 6 to 10 million innocent Jews, you were on real damn thin ice with me anyway. I had great uncles on both sides of my family die killing "krauts" so yall can really kiss my azz anyway."

That pretty much sums it up for me huff.
 
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Velo Vol said:
Where is the U.S. protecting shipping lanes that it doesn't itself benefit from?

Seems the Chinese using the U.S. banking system is beneficial to the U.S.

I see a lot more interdependency between the two countries than you're portraying. An abrupt severing would be bad for both sides.
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We protect the shipping lanes because we use them, yes.

Are we required to protect vessels sailing under the Chinese flag in said lanes?

I’m genuinely asking.
 
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marcusluvsvols said:
Well if i have some free time huff, when i dont feel like dickin around on VN, maybe i will go look for it bud. Or i could just do the much easier thing, and say

"You re right, Huff. Maybe i misquoted that old hag. Good catch."

Because arguing about what a socialist old german hag did or did not say just isnt important to me. Whatever she said. She said it, not Trump, and my reaction was "screw you, old hag. Dont ask us to defend you or help if Putin cuts off that oil in wintertime. You ran your mouth about the US just 1 too many times after yall killed half of poland, and 6 to 10 million innocent Jews, you were on real damn thin ice with me anyway. I had great uncles on both sides of my family die killing "krauts" so yall can really kiss my azz anyway."

That pretty much sums it up for me huff.
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Thanks for the clarification. It doesn't matter what she says, you're going to think what you want to think.

She didn't say ANYTHING about America. This rant about WWII is ridiculous. The statement was about how they perceive Trump's actions towards them. You're hellbent on making a mountain out of a molehill because you don't like her. It's the fakest of news.
 
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Trump is a smart guy. You dont get into Wharton school of business with a room temperature IQ.
He is also a poseur. He is pretending to be an economic illiterate to please his base (which is working). He knows what hes saying and doing is 100% grade A bs. If he believed his bs, he wouldn't have graduated from Wharton.
 
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n_huffhines said:
Every one of those economists will tell you it's still good, even if there isn't reciprocation.
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These are the same people who believe MMT is a good theory.

Let's make a trade deal. I will give you 1.00 for corn and you give me 1.25 for wheat. Then I get all access to your technology while you don't get access to mine.
 
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Burger said:
These are the same people who believe MMT is a good theory.

Let's make a trade deal. I will give you 1.00 for corn and you give me 1.25 for wheat. Then I get all access to your technology while you don't get access to mine.
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Link?

If trade were that simple, Trump would understand it.
 
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