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Trump said to back $200B in China tariffs as early as next week
MSN ^ | 8-30-2018 | Jennifer Jacobs, Shawn Donnan, Andrew Mayeda and Saleha Mohsin

Posted on 08/30/2018 12:34:11 PM PDT by tcrlaf

President Donald Trump wants to move ahead with a plan to impose tariffs on $200 billion in Chinese imports as soon as a public-comment period concludes next week, according to six people familiar with the matter.

Companies and members of the public have until Sept. 6 to submit comments on the proposed duties, which cover everything from selfie sticks to semiconductors. The president plans to impose the tariffs once that deadline passes, according to the people familiar with the matter, who spoke on condition of anonymity because the discussions aren’t public. U.S. stocks fell on the news.

(Excerpt) Read more at msn.com ...


TOPICS: Business/Economy; Front Page News; News/Current Events; Politics/Elections
KEYWORDS: china; maga; tariffs; trade
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This could be fun... And very good for America
1 posted on 08/30/2018 12:34:11 PM PDT by tcrlaf
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This report is coming from Bloomberg claiming is from “people who are familiar with the matter” who wanted to remain anonymous. Bloomberg is trying to put a dent in a huge stock market boost that might come tomorrow from a successful conclusion of talks with Canada. Bloomberg has already trashed the importance of the new NAFTA, as have other rapidly anti-Trump business sources, such as Fortune Magazine, a has-been magazine that nobody reads.


2 posted on 08/30/2018 12:37:40 PM PDT by WashingtonSource
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To: tcrlaf

One of the best things about Trump. He plays to win. He doesn’t do half measures or waiver. He wants to fix the trade balance with China. He is GOING to fix the trade balance. It is going to be a little painful for America. It will hurt China a great deal. Our growing economy can afford it at this time. China cannot.

China can only tax what they import. Hee Hee. They need to import more from America before they can compete with us in a trade war. And isn’t that the idea after all?


3 posted on 08/30/2018 12:44:01 PM PDT by Tenacious 1
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To: WashingtonSource

So now it takes 4 commies to come up with a fake news story to try to deflate all the winning?! What does that tell ya?! LOL!


4 posted on 08/30/2018 12:44:57 PM PDT by gr8eman (Since God has been banished from our classrooms, Satan has filled the void.)
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To: gr8eman

Yes. I’m surprised it didn’t come from CNN or MSNBC — but it would not be treated with the credibility that Bloomberg has. However, Bloomberg runs article after article trashing everything Trump dressed up as serious financial journalism. The vast majority of the public never reads it. It is beyond insufferable. For now, it can move markets. But, if Bloomberg doesn’t reel in its rabid bias, its credibility is headed for the dumpster.


5 posted on 08/30/2018 12:49:17 PM PDT by WashingtonSource
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To: tcrlaf
The country who has trade deficit holds all the cards in a trade war. Every time!


6 posted on 08/30/2018 1:03:51 PM PDT by entropy12 (Trump/Pence 2020)
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To: tcrlaf

“U.S. stocks fell on the news.”

Wow, some crash. The Dow is up 300 from Monday’s open.


7 posted on 08/30/2018 1:04:42 PM PDT by map
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...which cover everything from selfie sticks to...

Deeply saddened

8 posted on 08/30/2018 1:05:12 PM PDT by palmer (...if we do not have strong families and strong values, then we will be weak and we will not survive)
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F*** Y** CHINA!

..and get ALL OF YOUR SPIES and MATERNITY HOTELS out of my country! My neighborhood is CRAWLING with pregnant Chinese foreign nationals who do NOT speak English!!! ANCHOR BABY MADNESS AND IT MUST STOP!!!!

9 posted on 08/30/2018 1:19:49 PM PDT by CivilWarBrewing (Get off my back for my usage of CAPS, especially you snowflake males! MAN UP!)
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To: WashingtonSource

The current headline at Bloomberg is that Trump’s threatening to pull the US out of WTO


10 posted on 08/30/2018 1:42:00 PM PDT by Ben Ficklin
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This story is based on an interview with the President this afternoon and there is only a single quote. I wonder what other things he said that are left out. This very short story has THREE authors: John Micklethwait, Margaret Talev, and Jennifer Jacobs. Were they all there?

In addition it credits two more people for the story:”With assistance by Sarah McGregor, and Shawn Donnan”

I takes five people including the F-ing editor Micklethwait to write a 199-word article? (I counted the words.)

There was live reporting afterward about the interview.

Now they are talking about the fact Sessions is likely to go after the November elections.


11 posted on 08/30/2018 1:58:37 PM PDT by WashingtonSource
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“Fortune Magazine, a has-been magazine that nobody reads.”

ROTFLOL!

you sound like you’re channeling your inner Trump!


12 posted on 08/30/2018 2:39:20 PM PDT by catnipman ((Cat Nipman: Vote Republican in 2012 and only be called racist one more time!))
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To: Tenacious 1

“One of the best things about Trump. He plays to win. He doesn’t do half measures or waiver.”

he also doesn’t huff and puff and buster and bluff ... if he says he’s gonna pull the rug out from under you if you don’t straighten up, then he WILL pull the rug out from under you if you don’t straighten up ... I think those he negotiates with are starting to get that as they find out their standard BS isn’t working ... the net result is gonna be that they’ll quit doing that crap and get serious about negotiations right from the get go ... I think we’re almost at that point, too ...


13 posted on 08/30/2018 2:43:26 PM PDT by catnipman ((Cat Nipman: Vote Republican in 2012 and only be called racist one more time!))
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To: tcrlaf

Mexico folded. Canada is about to. China, don’t be the last man out.


14 posted on 08/30/2018 3:14:59 PM PDT by wetgundog (CNN is FAKE NEWS ...Just added NBC.)
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To: catnipman

Ha ha!. Yes I was channeling my inner Trump.

My channeling is on a tear today. And I’m letting ‘er rip. Here’s more.

The Fortune 500 list is all that keeps Fortune Magazine going.

Their left-wing coverage dominates the magazine. Their coverage of business and the markets is vapid. I don’t know how they get the high circulation they claim (835,000).

Henry Luce is turning in his Republican grave. He founded the magazine in 1929.

Their competitor Forbes has 932,000 circulation. Forbes was founded 100 years ago in September. Forbes is a more lively magazine than Fortune and is somewhat conservative. However, to me, it remains dull and plodding. They get very excited over business stories that are merely interesting and often only mildly so. They all act like a bunch of Valley Girls.

Malcom Forbes was so much better at running the magazine.

Bloomberg is stealing the lunch of both Fortune and Forbes with their wire service which has a vast network of smart and well-paid reporters. Even though they are riddled with annoying left wing nonsense, and never miss a chance to bash Trump, they publish many good stories no one else publishes but only where there is no anti-Trump angle to mine.

Bloomberg Businessweek, however, is another vast wasteland, just like its predecessor Time Inc.’s Business Week, the most boring business magazine ever published.

Did I leave anyone out of my business magazine bashing binge?


15 posted on 08/30/2018 3:17:04 PM PDT by WashingtonSource
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Did I leave anyone out of my business magazine bashing binge?

I think that you left Ebony and Mad unscathed.

16 posted on 08/30/2018 5:22:27 PM PDT by Colorado Doug (Now I know how the Indians felt to be sold out for a few beads and trinkets)
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Oh sorry. You did say business and Mad IS probably a better business publication than some of those.


17 posted on 08/30/2018 5:24:55 PM PDT by Colorado Doug (Now I know how the Indians felt to be sold out for a few beads and trinkets)
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To: tcrlaf

I am still getting used to having a President who stands up for Americans instead of selling them out like Obama, Clinton, and the Bushes.


18 posted on 08/30/2018 5:45:24 PM PDT by Architect of Avalon
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To: Colorado Doug

Yes, MAD has more integrity than the business magazine press. At least MAD is entertaining.


19 posted on 08/30/2018 6:02:35 PM PDT by WashingtonSource
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I do not think it is fake. The gov. has a list all drawn up. Just concerning bicycle parts: https://www.regulations.gov/document...2018-0026-0001

This may be worthy of its own thread.

20 posted on 08/31/2018 5:16:13 PM PDT by daniel1212 (Trust the risen Lord Jesus to save you as a damned and destitute sinner + be baptized + follow Him)
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