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Recursion

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18. This will push the Chinese off Treasury bills
Thu Aug 30, 2018, 06:42 PM
Aug 2018

I grant, it technically does end the trade deficit when our currency collapses and we can't buy anything

I've said it before. He is trying to destroy our country from within. kysrsoze Aug 2018 #1
I believe that too. nt raccoon Aug 2018 #4
trump's mentality is not "rule or ruin" but rather "rule and ruin" The Liberal Lion Aug 2018 #10
The Chinese people might suffer some, but not nearly as much as Americans. tonyt53 Aug 2018 #2
Chinese have already imposed a 25% tariff on oil two weeks ago, choking all sales, and is Fred Sanders Aug 2018 #14
This will push the Chinese off Treasury bills Recursion Aug 2018 #18
"THIS"!!!!! tonyt53 Aug 2018 #22
Voters will be pissed when they can't get what China produces, or they pay $$$$$$$$$ for them bucolic_frolic Aug 2018 #3
China has a much a greater ability to prop up its industries John Fante Aug 2018 #5
Congress should have the sole power to enact taxes, duties & tariffs - as the constitution intended sandensea Aug 2018 #6
My expectation is no less... Moostache Aug 2018 #7
Right before the mid-terms. SergeStorms Aug 2018 #8
The stuff my rwnj cousin posts on FB is embarrassing in the scope of its ignorance. CrispyQ Aug 2018 #13
That's just it. SergeStorms Aug 2018 #23
Yes, a week before he is threatening tariffs on NAFTA autos that would cripple the car & truck biz Bernardo de La Paz Aug 2018 #15
No information is almost as bad as false information, as Fox well knows. Fred Sanders Aug 2018 #16
And just in time for Christmas Iterate Aug 2018 #9
Here is the list The Liberal Lion Aug 2018 #11
Looks like all food items, especially fish and seafood, tires, gaskets, sinkingfeeling Aug 2018 #20
205 pages! Duppers Nov 2018 #24
He's such a petulant child. Power 2 the People Aug 2018 #12
*cough* "Trump seeks to levy $200 Bn tax on US consumers" Recursion Aug 2018 #17
+1. dalton99a Aug 2018 #21
I am sure the markets will respond accordingly,...how well beachbum bob Aug 2018 #19
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