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Thursday, April 17, 2025
Thursday, April 10, 2025
China - The Empire Strikes Back -
Important UPDATE added on April 12 / 14
After Trump announced a 125% penalty tariff on all Chinese goods,
he postponed the coming into effect for all other foreign tariffs.
One day later, China raised its tariff on US goods to a level of 125%.
But that's probably not the end for both sides.
The Future of the US Working Class .....
[Screenshot from a Chinese AI video on X]
Original Article as PDF from the Indian Source on Sept. 5, 2024
During his first time in office, president Trump already declared his intention to get back from China the jobs they "stole" from the US. Now, in his second term he feels strong enough to trigger a war on tariffs to create jobs for the American nuts who voted for him, hoping for a well-paid job that would not require too much brains. He therefore follows a binary strategy:
- First, he surrounded himself with inadequate advisors like Musk or Robert Kennedy jr and launched an incredible attack on the education system of the US, all that to make his followers believe: "I am one of you, like nobody else !", and to shrug off the white-collar guys with their Harvard exam.
- Second, he started his blackmail campaign of raising trade tariffs that are targeting each and every nation, but especially China, to get anything he wants from them. His real intention is to get back the "American Dream" that once had been sold to poor Chinese workers by prospering US enterprises in an outsourcing campaign serving their shareholder value.
Now that these people, whose parents barely survived the Cultural Revolution, successfully made something great of their new opportunities under a less restrictive economic policy, Trump and his accomplices are grabbing at their new "Chinese Dream" of getting a fair outcome from hard work. And this time it's no longer about the manufacturing of cheap plastic parts for the US market, but as well about the production of quality steel, fine cars and cell phones.
The breeding-ground of Trump's MAGA movement.
The new Chinese tariffs for computer chips are distinguishing between those companies whose wafer production is located in China or Taiwan and those who produce their wafers in the USA. US based wafer manufacturers are already experiencing a significant loss in their shareholder value. [Reuters on April 11]
After Trump announced a 125% penalty tariff on all Chinese goods,
he postponed the coming into effect for all other foreign tariffs.
One day later, China raised its tariff on US goods to a level of 125%.
But that's probably not the end for both sides.
The Future of the US Working Class .....
[Screenshot from a Chinese AI video on X]
Original Article as PDF from the Indian Source on Sept. 5, 2024
During his first time in office, president Trump already declared his intention to get back from China the jobs they "stole" from the US. Now, in his second term he feels strong enough to trigger a war on tariffs to create jobs for the American nuts who voted for him, hoping for a well-paid job that would not require too much brains. He therefore follows a binary strategy:
- First, he surrounded himself with inadequate advisors like Musk or Robert Kennedy jr and launched an incredible attack on the education system of the US, all that to make his followers believe: "I am one of you, like nobody else !", and to shrug off the white-collar guys with their Harvard exam.
- Second, he started his blackmail campaign of raising trade tariffs that are targeting each and every nation, but especially China, to get anything he wants from them. His real intention is to get back the "American Dream" that once had been sold to poor Chinese workers by prospering US enterprises in an outsourcing campaign serving their shareholder value.
Now that these people, whose parents barely survived the Cultural Revolution, successfully made something great of their new opportunities under a less restrictive economic policy, Trump and his accomplices are grabbing at their new "Chinese Dream" of getting a fair outcome from hard work. And this time it's no longer about the manufacturing of cheap plastic parts for the US market, but as well about the production of quality steel, fine cars and cell phones.
The new Chinese tariffs for computer chips are distinguishing between those companies whose wafer production is located in China or Taiwan and those who produce their wafers in the USA. US based wafer manufacturers are already experiencing a significant loss in their shareholder value. [Reuters on April 11]
Wednesday, April 02, 2025
Trump & Musk - Backset on Liberation Day
Breaking UPDATE included on April 4 / 5
about US tariffs & global repercussions:
US president Trump is still addicted to penalty tariffs to be imposed on foreign nations competing with the US in any economic field whatsoever, boasting their immediate coming into effect as a 'Day of Liberation' for America. Early repercussions of such tariffs serve him as a proof that he can get anywhere only by pressuring long-standing partners in trade and politics. He might soon find out how wrong he is ....
On April 5, protests took off across the USA and Europe to oppose the Trump agenda of imposing global tariffs while playing down the consequences that have already triggered a plunge on the stock markets with an outlook on rising consumer prices for US citizens. The following timeline, published by The Guardian only some minutes ago, is indicating a developing story .....
Here is what happened on April 4, the BLACK FRIDAY for global economy:
The penalties announced by Trump on Wednesday [April 2] triggered a plunge in world financial markets and drew condemnation from other leaders reckoning with the end of a decades-long era of trade liberalization.
But there were conflicting messages from the White House about whether the tariffs were meant to be permanent or were a tactic to win concessions, with Trump saying they "give us great power to negotiate."
The U.S. tariffs would amount to the highest trade barriers in more than a century: a 10% baseline tariff on all imports and higher targeted duties on some of the country's biggest trading partners.
That could jack up the price for U.S. shoppers of everything from cannabis to running shoes to Apple's iPhone. A high-end iPhone [produced in China] could cost nearly $2,300 if Apple passes the costs on to consumers, based on projections from Rosenblatt Securities.
[Reuters on April 4]
Some nations involved, however, already released their plans for countermeasures:
China immediately reacted with 34% tariffs on US products including soy beans and which would specially harm farmers in the Middle Western states of the USA, a region inhabited by typical Trump followers. Further measures should include export restrictions for rare earth metals, badly needed in US manufacturing of electronic devices. Furthermore, China will call the World Trade Organization WTO.
In Germany voices are demanding to impose new taxes on US software giants who are up to now earning lots of money without being forced to pay into the German tax system. At the time of cost-intensive plannings for a badly needed improvement of vital infrastructure, such taxes could flood some additional money into the German treasury.
[German Radio News on April 4]
CNBC Reporter: Trump is Steering the Titanic Towards the Iceberg
[MSNBC on April 5]
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At the same time, Trump and his henchman Elon Musk suffered a backset in Wisconsin where latest elections ensured a liberal majority in the State Supreme Court. It didn't even help that Musk offered payments to voters and supporters of Trump's favourite candidate ranging from 100 - 1.000.000 US $. However, buying votes should constitute an illegal interference in any democratic election. Some day, the Trump administration will have to pay the price for it ....
about US tariffs & global repercussions:
US president Trump is still addicted to penalty tariffs to be imposed on foreign nations competing with the US in any economic field whatsoever, boasting their immediate coming into effect as a 'Day of Liberation' for America. Early repercussions of such tariffs serve him as a proof that he can get anywhere only by pressuring long-standing partners in trade and politics. He might soon find out how wrong he is ....
On April 5, protests took off across the USA and Europe to oppose the Trump agenda of imposing global tariffs while playing down the consequences that have already triggered a plunge on the stock markets with an outlook on rising consumer prices for US citizens. The following timeline, published by The Guardian only some minutes ago, is indicating a developing story .....
Here is what happened on April 4, the BLACK FRIDAY for global economy:
The penalties announced by Trump on Wednesday [April 2] triggered a plunge in world financial markets and drew condemnation from other leaders reckoning with the end of a decades-long era of trade liberalization.
But there were conflicting messages from the White House about whether the tariffs were meant to be permanent or were a tactic to win concessions, with Trump saying they "give us great power to negotiate."
The U.S. tariffs would amount to the highest trade barriers in more than a century: a 10% baseline tariff on all imports and higher targeted duties on some of the country's biggest trading partners.
That could jack up the price for U.S. shoppers of everything from cannabis to running shoes to Apple's iPhone. A high-end iPhone [produced in China] could cost nearly $2,300 if Apple passes the costs on to consumers, based on projections from Rosenblatt Securities.
[Reuters on April 4]
Some nations involved, however, already released their plans for countermeasures:
China immediately reacted with 34% tariffs on US products including soy beans and which would specially harm farmers in the Middle Western states of the USA, a region inhabited by typical Trump followers. Further measures should include export restrictions for rare earth metals, badly needed in US manufacturing of electronic devices. Furthermore, China will call the World Trade Organization WTO.
In Germany voices are demanding to impose new taxes on US software giants who are up to now earning lots of money without being forced to pay into the German tax system. At the time of cost-intensive plannings for a badly needed improvement of vital infrastructure, such taxes could flood some additional money into the German treasury.
[German Radio News on April 4]
CNBC Reporter: Trump is Steering the Titanic Towards the Iceberg
[MSNBC on April 5]
At the same time, Trump and his henchman Elon Musk suffered a backset in Wisconsin where latest elections ensured a liberal majority in the State Supreme Court. It didn't even help that Musk offered payments to voters and supporters of Trump's favourite candidate ranging from 100 - 1.000.000 US $. However, buying votes should constitute an illegal interference in any democratic election. Some day, the Trump administration will have to pay the price for it ....
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