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Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region ForumsTrump gets huge business deal with China
http://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/americas/china-awards-donald-trump-trademark-honour-one-china-policy-taiwan-a7583431.html<snip>
China has awarded Donald Trump a 10-year trademark for construction services in his own name, a decade after the businessman began his attempts to have the measure approved.
It is thought to be the first trademark awarded to Mr Trumps real-estate business since he was elected.
It comes days after the US President said he would stick to the countrys One China policy, ending weeks of speculation he could break four decades of foreign policy by addressing Taiwan directly rather than as part of One China.
Mr Trump previously stirred up diplomatic concerns after he arranged a phone call with Taiwanese President Tsai Ing-wen shortly after the 2016 election.
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Trump gets huge business deal with China (Original Post)
kentuck
Feb 2017
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rzemanfl
(29,565 posts)1. K&R. Appalling. n/t
kentuck
(111,098 posts)2. That was his plan all along...
when he was calling the President of Taiwan, it was part of his plan to negotiate a deal with China. Quid pro quo.
rzemanfl
(29,565 posts)4. Didn't he have a deal cooking in Taiwan too? Did he get both? n/t
C_U_L8R
(45,002 posts)3. Curiously he never mentions China
...while creating huge distracting far-away kerfuffles.
Same technique pickpockets use.
njhoneybadger
(3,910 posts)5. So much for Taiwan
jmg257
(11,996 posts)6. They mention it in the Buzzfeed Dossier..keeping your eyes on russia, where
He has avoided real estate & business offers, while his interests in China go unnoticed.
Blanks
(4,835 posts)7. The TPP too...
A lot of people around here don't like the TPP, but the US walking away from it is good news to China.
Oneironaut
(5,500 posts)8. And now China can operate aggressively unimpeded.