China’s Economy Slows Sharply

Reagan destroyed the USSR.

Trump will destroy China.

So solly, chollie.

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So solly, chollie.

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I laughed. I guess I’m still a 10yo at heart.

All they have to do is play fair.They can keep selling their cheap stuff here if they open their markets and stop stealing from us. I don't see how that hurts them.

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I really want to gloat over this China news but I'm afraid killing China's economy might become a murder-suicide case.

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OUr economies are completely intertwinned. There is no chance a slowdown in one doesn't impact the other.

The difference is that we can find cheap shite from elsewhere.

How many other places can China sell that volume of goods to?

I think we can cut the cord a lot easier than they can. The evidence is right in front of your nose. Ours is doing well while theirs is suffering.

It's a simple fix. Stop being Wo Fat from Hawaii Five O 1968 and start playing fair.

It's nothing but a decision. They have more power to make it than our pols do.

They could prosper enormously, indeed all of Asia would. Things here go back to how they were, and we get to come in there and compete on a fair basis. No one really loses.

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The difference is that we can find cheap shite from elsewhere.

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Sure, in fact, a lot of the low cost manufacturing (like textiles) have already left china. China is moving up the manufacturing chain and producing higher value goods like cell phones.

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How many other places can China sell that volume of goods to?

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Europe. S. America. Canada. etc.

If the US decides to frick China, it can be done. But as russian said, its a murder suicide. Our GDP growth is anemic, and any stuter to that will tip us into recession where as china is seeing 5-10% GDP growth. Knocking a few pts off will hurt but it might be more painful for those in america who are on the edge.

I was a Geography major and don’t understand world Econ one bit. So this is a genuine request for insight.


From about 8 years old to 18 years old, i always wondered why the Far East was allowed to tariff the US, but we were not going to tariff them.

My Social Studies teacher told us that it would hurt American consumers for the US to tariff these imports.

I would ask why do t the leaders of foreign nations think tariff on our goods would not hurt their consumers. He would shrug his shoulders.

I kind of forgot about tariffs but now feel the same way I did when I was younger. If they tariff us, we tariff them. It’s only fair.


I also see it as a positive that our nations Econ performs better than chinas. Would that be considered true as well? I hear all the time that we need China’s Econ to be strong as we are now too dependent on theirs.

Discuss.