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manqiangrexue

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supercat said:
In the meantime, the Trump regime is flip-flop on a daily basis.
https://twitter.com/i/web/status/1915108588743241898
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I'm pretty sure this is Trump sending out feelers for how to de-escalate with China without angering the rednecks. He has an idea, gets someone that is semi-official to announce it. See what happens, then decides to own or disown it the next day. In this case, if he announced he was dropping China tariffs to 50-65% and China called him to negotiate, he'd go with it. Instead, China not only didn't soften but went and told everyone that they never spoke to the US and has no plans unless Trump unilaterally and completely gives in, and media all around the world say Trump caved, so he just denies he ever said that.
dingyibvs said:
That policy only becomes active on May 2nd. You should test it out then.
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Second batch incoming. I'd like to see what that shit looks like. Are they gonna open the package, examine the contents, price them, then send me a tariff bill? Still betting they don't have the man power or the competence.
FriedButter said:
“America First does not mean America alone.”

Pure Cope.

https://twitter.com/i/web/status/1915065466093031704
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I wonder at what point does the US get called out by some country publically at the UN or something.

"You say you're the most powerful country on earth, right? Strongest economy, most innovative, best military, etc... By that virtual, we are to accept America first and we follow, right? What's with the extreme cowardice when facing China? Why can't you face them alone? If you need everybody altogether to deal with China, that makes them more powerful than you and they should lead the world, right? If you want to prove that you deserve the leading position instead of China, you need to win against them in solo competition."

US rep would probably shit his pants trying to respond to that one.
 
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taxiya

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escobar said:
As China eases up on EU lawmakers, Brussels stays the course on Xinjiang sanctions
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Where does this "China eases up" come from? The article says
The Post reported earlier that China and the European Parliament were in the
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of lifting the punitive measures on sitting members, with an announcement expected in the coming weeks.

The article makes the headline look like "China has done the easing while EU does not", but in reality the article itself is saying "nothing actually happened". I even doubt if there is any talk or progress of such talk happened as either European parliment or SCMP are trying to make people believe. It is just another propaganda piece like Trump saying there is talk while China calls it fake news.
 
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SanWenYu

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taxiya said:
Where does this "China eases up" come from? The article says
The Post reported earlier that China and the European Parliament were in the
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of lifting the punitive measures on sitting members, with an announcement expected in the coming weeks.

The article makes the headline look like "China has done the easing while EU does not", but in reality the article itself is saying "nothing actually happened". I even doubt if there is any talk or progress of such talk happened as either European parliment or SCMP are trying to make people believe. It is just another propaganda piece like Trump saying there is talk while China calls it fake news.
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This is escobar, a smart troll that knows to insert negative yet dubious pieces on China with positive ones. The negative pieces are either from trash sources or have no source at all. This account has been banned before for shit posting without source.
 
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Overbom

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Rolling back rare earth export controls should be delayed and carefully considered.

China has (half-)played an economic trump card. By taking it back on its hand immediately, it risks exposing this weakness widely to the US public/private sector who will rush to remedy that (even if long term)

So China has to carefully consider game theory and balance of expected damage inflicted

IMO much more damage to the US should be inflicted and at most only partial rare earth bans withdrawal unless US totally capitulates and pays a strategic economic price.

Game theory. Don't let the US comes out of this on the cheap. When you play your cards, play them strongly, get sizeable gains, and quickly fully withdraw the card to preserve usage for future scenarios
 
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dingyibvs

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manqiangrexue said:
I'm pretty sure this is Trump sending out feelers for how to de-escalate with China without angering the rednecks. He has an idea, gets someone that is semi-official to announce it. See what happens, then decides to own or disown it the next day. In this case, if he announced he was dropping China tariffs to 50-65% and China called him to negotiate, he'd go with it. Instead, China not only didn't soften but went and told everyone that they never spoke to the US and has no plans unless Trump unilaterally and completely gives in, and media all around the world say Trump caved, so he just denies he ever said that.

Second batch incoming. I'd like to see what that shit looks like. Are they gonna open the package, examine the contents, price them, then send me a tariff bill? Still betting they don't have the man power or the competence.
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For the de minimus rule there'll be an option of $100 or 120% of the goods' declared value, going up to $200 in June. It's unlikely that customs will check the actual value of the goods so I imagine there'll be a lot of under-declarations. Those are for items shipped via the postal service. For other services, goods shipped will be subject to the regular 145% tariff.

What this probably means is that if your order of spinners arrives in the US after May 2nd, then you'll be informed about paying 120% tariffs before the package will be released. I don't know how much your seller declared them for, so the declared value could be whatever you paid for it or a lot less. If you don't pay the tariffs, the package will be auctioned off.
 
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