7/21/2025

Hsien Loong - New framework, world minus one

Lee Hsien Loong just made a pointed remark that the 'best framework is the world minus one' which is directed at the USA. Everybody in the world is now fighting a trade war with the USA and has to look at the bigger picture of why not just ignore the USA market and concentrate on the Global South and BRICS.

China has afforded least developed African countries with zero tariffs on 100% of their exports to China from December l, 2024. China has also signed a free trade agreement with ASEAN countries. Such African countries and ASEAN know who is giving them a better deal in trade moving forward. China is a much bigger market than the USA for products from such least developed countries of Africa and they will benefit greatly in mutual co-operation in decades to come. The Africans know that China will be in Africa for the long term, as China has done decades in the past when Africa was facing grave difficulties due to exploitation by the Western colonizers. At that time China was a poor country, but the fact is China still went ahead to aid Africa in fighting against colonialism. Now we are seeing more African countries taking up the fight, like Burkina Faso.


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4 comments:

  1. No la..you got it wrong. world minus one=Russia. Don't forget Ah long sanctioned Russia and think he will be invited to USass for his last holiday. Why not sanction terrorist Israel also one might ask? Since he know sinkieland cannot join BRICS, so must hint that the world (BRICS) should not have Russia in it.

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    1. So, in other words the world minus one means 'Russia'? But Russia is not the country creating all the economic mess and making the world miserable. Russia, if you believe the West, is an economic nobody totally neutered, totally isolated with no friends. So, what does 'minus Russia' be of any benefit to the rest of the world? Think about it?

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    2. That one with no "iron" but good in playinging the role of the Savior and also the Devil.

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  2. Yes, LHL was a yankee toy poodle.

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