Economy Trump proposes 100% tariff on BRICS nations if they try to create rival currency

[filthybliss]

Do you think this is a checkmate?

Literally nothing that you quoted me says ANYTHING about "draining the swamp" or defeating "the deep state".... Nothing. That was your claim.

Again, you lie, fail to back up you claims, then never admit to being wrong. You do this shit all the time.

Unfortunately, people are capable of reading between the lines. But yeah, this convo is going nowhere. Take care.

 

[Snubnoze707]

Unfortunately, people are capable of reading between the lines. But yeah, this convo is going nowhere. Take care.

What lines? What exact quote am I even alluding to "draining the swamp" and defeating the "deep state"

You literally put those in quotations. Where am I making that argument in those quotes?

I LIKE aspects of RFK Jr, but I'm not entirely confident he could accomplish those things or even get approved through congress.

 

[aerius]

Lol, now you are using ID politics because you can't defend your decade old propaganda points that even Russia abandoned using.

Eitherway, I don't care about your heritage. Dumb Asians exist as shown by your behavior. Anyways, you can respond to my post about your claims of "denazifying" a nation that elected a jewish leader by using Nazi Battalions to invade them.

Go fuck yourself. It's clear that you don't want an honest discussion based on how you've deliberately misrepresented posts by both myself and @Snubnoze707. You got absolutely shit-kicked in the Biden and Kamala threads and ran off crying, and now you want to come back and pull the same shit here. I ain't wasting any more time with you. Once again, go fuck yourself.

 

[Snubnoze707]

Go fuck yourself. It's clear that you don't want an honest discussion based on how you've deliberately misrepresented posts by both myself and @Snubnoze707. You got absolutely shit-kicked in the Biden and Kamala threads and ran off crying, and now you want to come back and pull the same shit here. I ain't wasting any more time with you. Once again, go fuck yourself.

Every week this guy makes blatantly false claims about me and is never able to back them up. He's a piece of shit and not honest and I'm done wasting my time debating with him. Going on the ignore list.

 

[filthybliss]

Go fuck yourself. It's clear that you don't want an honest discussion based on how you've deliberately misrepresented posts by both myself and @Snubnoze707. You got absolutely shit-kicked in the Biden and Kamala threads and ran off crying, and now you want to come back and pull the same shit here. I ain't wasting any more time with you. Once again, go fuck yourself.

Jesus Christ, calm down. It ain't that deep. I responded to your points and you ran off playing ID politics. I called you out on it and now you are having a period over it.

I don't know what thread that I got shit-kicked on, its all just words on a screen but I'll let you have that delusion if it helps with your mental health.

 

[aerius]

Jesus Christ, calm down. It ain't that deep. I responded to your points and you ran off playing ID politics. I called you out on it and now you are having a period over it.

I don't know what thread that I got shit-kicked on, its all just words on a screen but I'll let you have that delusion if it helps with your mental health.

Explaining why my background is relevant to the opinions I hold is identity politics now?
Stop making up imaginary shit in your head. And you're calling me deluded...

 

[SuperLuigi]

His tariff management led to the need to subsidize.

It also increased tariff revenue, protected America from steel dumping, protected American industries from foreign competition, and can stimulate growth in crucial industries like microchip production. As always tariffs have pros and cons. The fact that China was able to retaliate so strongly against America probably shows that America should be diversifying anyways so this will ultimately lead to less reliance on them. Biden doubled down on Trump's tariff hikes so it seems most agree it was a good policy.

 

[Jacket time]

Gangster

 

[filthybliss]

Explaining why my background is relevant to the opinions I hold is identity politics now?
Stop making up imaginary shit in your head. And you're calling me deluded...

Are you actually slow?

You didn't just talk about your background and how it effects your analysis of conflicts. You used your identity to cudgel the narrative that you view things on a deeper level than other people merely because of your identity.

"I am Asian so I understand events in much more profound ways than you do because my ancestors shat in golden toilets before yours"

Let me explain this to you in simple terms. I may live in Canada, but my background is Asian. My home nation has a much longer history than any Western country, we have a language and songs which have been around since before the Roman empire even existed. As a result, we have a much different view of history & geopolitics, it's more holistic and views events with a different perspective and a much longer time frame. Generally speaking, Westerners tend to view events as a strict cause & effect with very short time frames to match your 30 second attention spans, you try to reduce the world to simplistic models based on your own limited understanding of events, which is why you continually fuck things up.

It is really sad that you really have to retort to that kinda copout. I am Asian too but I rely on my arguments holding water in conversations instead of my identity. It is sad that you are so insecure about your inability to respond to arguements that you have to pull out the race card.

Credit where its due, atleast you are fighting against the streotypes by being a dumb Asian so kudos there.

 

[LeonardoBjj]

China bans exports of key microchip elements to US as trade tensions escalate​

Semiconductor restrictions on China announced by Washington a day earlier prompt retaliation involving critical minerals including gallium and germanium

The Chinese government has said it will ban exports to the US of some key components in making semiconductors, escalating trade tensions a day after Washington announced curbs targeting China’s ability to make advanced chips.

Among the materials banned from export were the metals gallium, antimony and germanium, China’s commerce ministry said in a statement that cited “national security” concerns.

Exports of graphite, another component in semiconductors, would be subject to “stricter reviews of end-users and end-uses”, the ministry said. The curbs strengthen enforcement of existing limits on critical minerals exports that Beijing began rolling out last year, but apply only to the US market.

“To safeguard national security interests and fulfil international obligations such as non-proliferation, China has decided to strengthen export controls on relevant dual-use items to the United States,” the ministry said.

Gallium and germanium are used in semiconductors, while germanium is also used in infrared technology, fibre optic cables and solar cells. Antimony is used in bullets and other weaponry, while graphite is the largest component by volume of electric vehicle batteries.

There is concern that Beijing could next target other critical minerals, including those with even broader usage such as nickel and cobalt.

China accounts for 94% of the world’s production of gallium, and 83% of germanium.

Chinese customs data shows there were no shipments of wrought and unwrought germanium or gallium to the US this year through October, when a year earlier it was the fourth and fifth-largest market for the minerals.

Similarly, China’s overall October shipments of antimony products plunged by 97% from September after Beijing’s move to limit its exports took effect.

On Monday, Washington announced restrictions on sales to 140 companies including Chinese chip firms Piotech and SiCarrier, expanding efforts to curb exports of state-of-the-art chips to China that could be used in advanced weapons systems and artificial intelligence.

The new US rules include controls on two dozen types of chip-making equipment and three kinds of software tools for developing or producing semiconductors.

On Tuesday, China said the US had “politicised and weaponised economic, trade and technological issues” as it unveiled its own export curbs.


The Chinese move also restricts the export of “dual-use items to United States military users or for military purposes”, Beijing said.

“The move is clearly a retaliatory strike at the US,” said Dylan Loh, an assistant professor at Singapore’s Nanyang Technological University.

“It drives home an important point which is that China is not completely passive [and] there are some cards it can play and hit the US with as well with regards to chips.”

These “back and forth curbs” could create supply chain disruption, as well as inflationary pressures, should they affect trade for third parties, said Chong Ja Ian, an associate professor of political science from the National University of Singapore.

Brady Wang, associate director at technology market research firm Counterpoint, told AFP that while the metals played critical roles in hi-tech industries, they were upstream in the supply chain, meaning the immediate impact on production was limited. “As the US-China trade tensions have persisted for some time, many intermediary manufacturers in the supply chain have been stockpiling these materials.”

Chinese trade associations released similarly worded statements on Tuesday urging their members to seek local alternatives to US chips.

The Internet Society of China called on companies to “be cautious when procuring US chips, seek to expand cooperation with chip companies in other countries and regions, and actively use chips produced and manufactured in China by domestic and foreign enterprises”.

The China Association of Automobile Manufacturers accused Washington of having “arbitrarily amended the control rules, seriously affecting the stable supply of US chip products”.

“The Chinese auto industry’s trust and confidence in the procurement of US chip products is being shaken, and US auto chip products are no longer reliable and safe,” the association said.

https://www.theguardian.com/world/2024/dec/04/us-china-microchips-export-bans-gallium-germanium

@PEB @Sinister @Islam Imamate @filthybliss

 

[PEB]

Someone pointed out to me that Canada is indeed a member of NATO and a part of the British commonwealth now currently containing nearly a 500 million not including India. The Commonwealth also by extension includes India so imagine being the one in the room suggesting that the US should invade Canada? Canada also was apart of pretty much every major engagement by the US since WW2.

 

[Andy Capp]

Don't worry people as soon as Russia complains Trump will tuck dick...again

I think it's the opposite. Who benefits from Trump fucking up the US economy with tariffs that drive prices up for everyone?

 

[Andy Capp]

I’m aware. I’m shocked that you noticed. I take it that you are obviously not a fan then. Haha

That guy is a turnip in a hair piece.

 

[Andy Capp]

I think you are underestimating how much people dislike Trudy now, even in Ontario. Heck the conservatives just won Nova Scotia, a liberal province historically.

Provincial party politics doesn't really have much of a relationship with the federal level. PEI has had a Conservative government for some time now while on the federal level it's staunchly Liberal. Same for Ontario and the rest of the Atlantic provinces--Liberal federally, that is, regardless of the provincial party in power. Sometimes they do align, like in Alberta but they're still more or less independent of each other.

Now, there's an exception to every rule and in this case that might be the recent election of the Conservatives in BC. I don't have any information about what's going on there. It will be interesting to see if the majority vote Conservative in the next federal election or not. I suspect not but we'll see.

That's not to say that I disagree about his personal popularity. I'd have liked to see him step down quite awhile ago.

 

[Natural Order]

I think you are underestimating how much people dislike Trudy now, even in Ontario. Heck the conservatives just won Nova Scotia, a liberal province historically.

Was a landslide here.

 

[filthybliss]

Someone pointed out to me that Canada is indeed a member of NATO and a part of the British commonwealth now currently containing nearly a 500 million not including India. The Commonwealth also by extension includes India so image being so imagine being he one in the room suggesting that the US should invade Canada? Canada also was apart of pretty much every major engagement by the US since WW2.

India is in a weird position being in BRICS. It’s very Pro-Israel unlike the rest. The rest of the larger powers are backing Hamas+Hezbollah in the war. It goes to show that Mearsheimer's offensive realist approach is pretty flawed especially when he uses it in absolutist terms like he did for justifiying the Russian invasion. Alliances are not entirely calculated by larger powers trying assert domination against each other too.

 

[filthybliss]

That guy is a turnip in a hair piece.

Poilievre?

He seems obnoxious but he's better than the alternative that we had here by a lot.

 

[Andy Capp]

Poilievre?

He seems obnoxious but he's better than the alternative that we had here by a lot.

Please clarify. Do you mean in the US and on the conservative side( I think you're American right), or do you mean an alternative Conservative Party leader? I'd agree with the former but I'd have no clue about the latter.

 

[ColemanwastheGOAT]

Someone pointed out to me that Canada is indeed a member of NATO and a part of the British commonwealth now currently containing nearly a 500 million not including India. The Commonwealth also by extension includes India so imagine being the one in the room suggesting that the US should invade Canada? Canada also was apart of pretty much every major engagement by the US since WW2.

Who has said anything about invading Canada?

 

[filthybliss]

Please clarify. Do you mean in the US and on the conservative side( I think you're American right), or do you mean an alternative Conservative Party leader? I'd agree with the former but I'd have no clue about the latter.

I mean on the American Side. It'd be nice to have a republican on top that wasn't clung to abortion bans and going back to the stone age way of life.