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tokenanalyst said:

There is no infrastructure in India or even investment plans for this level of manufacturing. That makes manufacturing challenging already. Also at the deficit increase so will these stooges tariffs because they want Apple making in the US not India or China for that matter. Services is probably get be targeted and that is area face challenges with the rise of AI. buckle up, is going get hard.

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India may gains jobs but not much added value as much of the valued supply chains will be from other countries. This is similar to Apple's operation in China except that China is a much larger market (for Apple) albeit diminishing. Apple is looking after its own interests (maximum profit) not American jobs. Apple made in India for export to the US with very little monetary gain (for India) while disproportionately enlarge its surplus with the US is not necessary a good thing for India. But once Trump is not the POTUS, conditions may become more favourable. And Apple may worries about some potential unintended brand damage too.
With references to the supply chains, infrastructures, logistics, skilled labour and automation, maybe Taiwan would be a better option even with a higher tariffs. 32% vs 26%.

supersnoop said:

Don't post obvious fake news.
There is no such outlet as "Globe Eye News"
They don't even have a website

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Simple search on google.

Mt1701d said:

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Well this is a surprise, the whole capture news story was true.

https://twitter.com/i/web/status/1909645042257441213

My take, if actually Chinese from China, funny how I even have to make this distinction, probably some PMC looking to make a buck. But I stand by that this likely being a psyop.

Either way the propaganda machine will be on full throttle.

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Mt1701d said:

@supersnoop

Well this is a surprise, the whole capture news story was true.

https://twitter.com/i/web/status/1909645042257441213

My take, if actually Chinese from China, funny how I even have to make this distinction, probably some PMC looking to make a buck. But I stand by that this likely being a psyop.

Either way the propaganda machine will be on full throttle.

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GulfLander said:

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Both Russia and Ukraine have mercenaries from various countries. Damn it, there are even American mercenaries fighting for Russia (and some Western-wannabe Chinese for Ukraine)—why isn't Zelensky making a big deal about that? He's just exploiting the window of Trump's trade war with China to create bargaining chips for gaining attention from Trump (and certain anti-China Western nations).

"Mercedes-Benz Q1 deliveries fall 7% on weaker demand in China, Europe"
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"IN RESPONSE TO THE TARIFF TURMOIL, MERCEDES-BENZ PLANS TO PRODUCE THE GLS IN , WHILE JAGUAR LAND ROVER HAS HALTED EXPORTS TO THE U.S, 36KR REPORTS"

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"Mercedes-Benz Q1 deliveries fall 7% on weaker demand in China, Europe"

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"IN RESPONSE TO THE TARIFF TURMOIL, MERCEDES-BENZ PLANS TO PRODUCE THE GLS IN

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, WHILE JAGUAR LAND ROVER HAS HALTED EXPORTS TO THE U.S, 36KR REPORTS"

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Well to be fair it's fucking Jaguar, if they leave US it's one of a few very rare Ws for Trump.

It's like when Jamie Oliver decided to close restaurants in Russia after the war started. Let's not pretend that wasn't a pure buff to Russia.

China should write Jaguar: "nooo don't leave, you need to expand your business in US, sell them more weird clothes cars"

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tamsen_ikard said:

You fight wars with what you have, not what you can get 10 years from now. Countries like US or Japan count China's current strength, not what they can have 10 years from now and then make decisions. If China is holding out cause they want better tech, what if they have a military crisis this year? Then they risk losing that war because of lack of numbers.

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China did hold out a lot during 2010s. Not really the case anymore though, most J-20s and J16 were produced after 2020 after expansion of Chengdu and Shenyang production plants and same goes with nuclear submarines. Also, there isn't any military threat to China at all, US can't even bring its carriers close to China because of hypersonic missiles and US destroyers still mostly use PESA radars. They might have thousands of 4th gen, but China has thousands of missiles that could shoot them down.

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The US is demanding payment for them buying from you. Like going to a store, buying groceries, and then demanding the store to repaid you

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So basically Trump and his goons say that other countries need to build factories in the US and invest there. So America have become a 3rd world nation now?

Then they also say that they can import substitute items with locally manufactured goods. Yeah, but they have been talking about this since day one of Trump 1.0. How much have they progressed since?

Even if they do force foreign firms to build factories and invest. Even if they build new manufacturing plants for import substitution. It's not like they are automatically gonna work wonders. There arent enough skilled or lower paying workforce who would be able to staff these factories. TSMC Arizona had to staff the core workforce of their plant with Taiwanese. And then Trump had also cut the education budget. So how exactly is America gonna build a skilled workforce in future? The most that America can really supply is low-skilled prison labour.

To me, Trump America doesn't sound like the old USA. That sounds alot like a certain Supapowar that we all love and had many good times talking about. Therefore we are also gonna have good times talking about Trump America.

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So ,I as an HR Manager for the New American Factories I will see many fired Federal people with qualifications like: nuclear engineer,PHD's in virology,microbiology,chemical,civil ,mechanical,ceramic engineers,metallurgists,doctors of all types,biologists etc types,designers,mathematicians,physicists etc just waiting to fill my vacancies in my factories making shoes,press machines,garment shops,???I won't know who to choose

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Bessent: Federal layoffs will help fill factory jobs created by Trump tariffs​

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Yeah, right.

Laviduce said:

A war is peace ,freedom is slavery, ignorance is strength gem:

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This video will take a US B-21 bomber and show how it would reach an important target in China. It will show plausible approach routes, what issues the B-21 would encounter while flying over China’s airspace and how it would manage to survive one of the most defended air spaces in the world and deliver its bombs onto Beijing, deep inside Chinese airspace.

Disclaimer/Personal Opinion:

Binkov is a notorious pro war/offense(aggression) , jingoistic propagandist. He is not objective but he produces soft war propaganda for a Western-aligned audience. His content is highly stylized, techno-fetishist, and devoid of critical reflection. He frames his presentations like attacking another country if you are the US or a US vassal state as a defensive action. He goes on to talk about about how the B-21 Raider bomber can protect itself (while bombing Beijing)! How about the US NOT being an aggressor??? Critical conversations are lacking.

TL;DR->More soft war porn for western (i.e. neocon/neolib) regime lovers. IMHO: China will NOT roll over!

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By the time the US regime can muster a few B-21 to attack Beijing, they will be facing China's 6th gen. fighters. Good luck.

Oops, with such a high interest rate, good luck with the rollover of $9 trillion Treasuries later this year.

Let's sell some ice to the Inuits!


Citbank: China's GDP growth rate will be lowered by 0.5%.

India Says ‘No’ to BYD While Wooing Rival Tesla to Invest​

New Delhi had last year rejected BYD’s $1 billion investment proposal with a local partner, while another Chinese carmaker Great Wall Motor Co. also exited India after failing to secure regulatory clearances.

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