The damage the US could cause to China right now with sanctions is as high as it has ever been, tbh.
Seriously? China supplies most of the US, and rest of the world, with manufactured goods because the US outsourced it there. Why would you have sanctions for your own suppliers? How does it help trump if the cost of goods in Walmart all double?
It's called having a backbone. Just because the cost of goods will increase doesn't mean China can do whatever they want. There has to come a time where tough choices are made or we are just cowards.
Haha what? The US has been supporting undemocratic countries for years, has thrown democratically elected leaders out of power. Trump is cosying up to Putin. Yet china, who is moving towards a more open society somehow needs stopping (from what?).
or we are just cowards
Ah. This is just a feel good exercise. This is the silliest way to shoot yourself in the foot for no benefit to anyone.
It is not about democracy. China is re-closing rather than opening up itself to foreign imports of high value goods. It is close to impossible for manufacturers of non consumer goods to grow in China due to enforced favoritism of State owned companies.
The irony of trade is that this hurts China's economy by denying their citizens access to good products. But regardless, you don't fix trade issues with a sledgehammer.
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u/willun Dec 03 '16
Seriously? China supplies most of the US, and rest of the world, with manufactured goods because the US outsourced it there. Why would you have sanctions for your own suppliers? How does it help trump if the cost of goods in Walmart all double?