Tariffs will make America Great Again. Let the Americans believe in whatever they want

 Selling to the Global South is just as good as selling to the USA and the EU, without the tariffs. China will lose nothing and gain nothing from those escalated tariffs while USA and European consumers are being punished with expensive consumer products with the tariffs added in.

All those tariffs are being dictated by the ICE vehicle manufacturing lobby, to protect their shrinking turf against EVs. To cater to this form of corruption, the USA voters have to suffer the consequences. Both parties are trying to play the same game, as they are beholden to campaign donations one way or another and have to uphold their promises. Failure to do so means the donations go the other way.

Did the trade war of so many years made the USA great? Four years of MAGA is a joke when after that someone else takes over. There is no continuity to making USA great again. 

Anonymous

Mickey Mouse volunteers to be American attack dogs

 Instead of concentrating on development of India to benefit the people, the Modi Government is wasting valuable resources to please the USA by countering China. How naive is Modi during COVID by catering to the USA's dictate of countering China's Vaccine Diplomacy, because China was providing cheaper traditional vaccines to third world countries, thereby competing with the likes of big Pharma from the USA. USA's interest becomes India's duty to protect, and Modi obliged.

What has India achieved? Hundreds of thousands of Indians died for nothing when India was caught without vaccines by following the USA's orders to counter China's Vaccine Diplomacy. And what did the USA do to help India? The USA practically ignored India's plea for help. Only when other countries started helping India, even China, did the USA change its stance for fear of losing face.

This is the attitude of the USA towards allies and friendly countries. And help to cater to the USA's interest is taken as of right, and any help needed from the USA is just brushed aside as 'you die your own business'. 

Anonymous

China only knows how to complain but afraid to act

 BEIJING: China's Coast Guard said a Philippine vessel that had ignored its repeated warnings "deliberately collided" with a Chinese vessel in an "unprofessional and dangerous" manner, according to statements on Monday (Aug 19).

In one of the statements, China's maritime security said the same Philippine vessel then entered waters near Second Thomas Shoal after being prevented from entering Sabina Shoal waters.

Two Philippine Coast Guard vessels "illegally intruded" into waters adjacent to Sabina Shoal without permission in the early hours on Monday, according to the China Coast Guard spokesperson Gan Yu.

"The Philippines has repeatedly provoked and caused trouble, violated the temporary arrangements between China and the Philippines," Gan said, referring to the Philippines' supply missions to a vessel grounded on Second Thomas Shoal.

China's Coast Guard said it took control measures against the Philippine ships in accordance with the law in the incidents early Monday, and warned the Philippines to "immediately stop infringement and provocation" or "bear all consequences".  CNA

When would China ever learn? As long as China chooses to behave like a meek state, everytime got poked, only knows how to kpkb, but afraid to kick the provocateur, China would forever be bullied by the Mickey Mouse. And the Mickey Mouse would only get emboldened and become more provocative. That is exactly what the Pinoys are doing, knowing that China is a toothless dragon, breathing fire and that is about it. All the Asean states also know this.

China must stop its stupidity and start kicking asses. If not, it is only inviting more trouble to itself, like what the Japanese told the Chinese during the Qing Dynasty, 'weakness is an invitation for war'. Is this so difficult to learn? There are so many ways to skin a cat, to skin the Mickey Mouse, without going to war. Just block off the access to the sunken wreck or entry to the lagoon in the Sabina Shoal, or start filling up the reefs, to prevent the intruder from getting out. Put enough coast guard ships or PLAN warships to whack the daylight out of the violators if they dare to go violent. This is your island, or this is Pinoy island?

The sunken wreck and Pinoy Coast Guard ships in Sabina Shoal are not there by accident. They are there to occupy Chinese islands, to make claims on Chinese territories. The sailors in them are occupation forces. Where is China allowing the Pinoys to resupply and feed these invaders of Chinese islands? Is China helping the invaders to take over their islands?

Everyday crying father and mother is a very shameful behaviour for a superpower unable to deal with a little Mickey Mouse with a little prick dangling to prove its manhood. Stop complaining and do something.

Start acting as a superpower and mean business and be respected. Stop being a cry baby. The world, especially the Mickey Mouse, would not respect meekness. Whether China likes it or not, act or not to act, the Asean countries are split, some pro China, some anti China no matter what. They would not change their positions. Some are happy sleeping with the Americans and would not be on China's side. The weaker China appears to be, the more they would lean towards the American terrorists and gangsters.

USA - Lobbying or corruption to feed the 1% at the expense of the Middle Class

 Having this and that lobby in Congress is already a corrupt Government. And having campaign donations by big oil, big pharma and big wall street conglomerates that gives rise to such lobbies is further proof that corruption is being practiced without restraint. Those that donate lavishly to political campaigns for particular candidates are looking for favors and are the super-rich owners of those entities, a component of the Deep State. Therefore, it is no exaggeration to say that the USA Government is of the 1%, by the 1% and for the 1%.

Kamala Harris is talking about bringing back the USA Middle Class. This clearly shows and had been proven that the USA Middle Class had been cannibalized by the super-rich over the decades, leading them to their demise today. What the Middle Class built up over the decades have all been taken over by the top 1%, leaving them as poor as the bottom feeders. As the predators, the top 1%, have exhausted all the spoils of the Middle Class leaving none for them to exploit further, therefore it is time to begin building up the Middle Class to provide food for the top 1% to cannibalize again in decades down the road.

The top 1% of USA elites have taken more than US$50 trillion from the bottom 90% of USA citizens. The system enables the top feeders to continue to cannibalize the rest of the USA people, which are the Middle Class and bottom feeders.

Anpnymous

Next China is still China. MAGA is turning into a joke

 Trying to lure manufacturing back to the USA is as good as flogging a dead horse. It is over and just trying to re-industrialize the USA is no longer an option. China will be around, and many are saying the next China will still be China, not the USA or India.

The USA has to live with it or shoot its own foot trying to counter China. There are so many issues working against the USA. China has all the scientists, engineers and skilled workers, control of raw materials, well developed logistics and hardworking and innovative people leading the way. The USA is led by clowns and charlatans. Good for making loud speeches and promises that were never fulfilled. Make America Great Again had turned into a joke.

With skilled labor deserting the USA, raw materials in the hands of Chinese, refining logistics controlled by China, cheap energy available to China, what can the USA produce to compete with China? No amount of tariff increases, or banning is going to stop China doing business with the Global South countries. The African market alone is much bigger than USA and Europe combined. Poor as it is like China before but given another decade or two and we will see Africa rising in importance as a consumer market. The West can write off Africa like they wrote off China three decades ago, at their own peril.

Anonymous