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Trump Is China’s Chump
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Pelle Svanslos
Jun 28, 2017, 10:32:43 AM6/28/17
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HONG KONG — Having just traveled to New Zealand, Australia, South Korea,
China, Taiwan and now Hong Kong, I can say without an ounce of
exaggeration that more than a few Asia-Pacific business and political
leaders have taken President Trump’s measure and concluded that — far
from being a savvy negotiator — he’s a sucker who’s shrinking U.S.
influence in this region and helping make China great again.
These investors, trade experts and government officials are still
stunned by an event that got next to no attention in the U.S. but was an
earthquake out here — and a gift that will keep on giving America’s
allies pain and China gain for years to come. That was Trump’s decision
to tear up the 12-nation Trans-Pacific Partnership (TPP) free-trade deal
in his first week in office — clearly without having read it or
understanding its vast geo-economic implications.
(Trump was so ignorant about TPP that when he was asked about it in a
campaign debate in November 2015 he suggested that China was part of it,
which it very much is not.)
Trump simply threw away the single most valuable tool America had for
shaping the geo-economic future of the region our way and for pressuring
China to open its markets. Trump is now trying to negotiate trade
openings with China alone — as opposed to negotiating with China as the
head of a 12-nation TPP trading bloc that was based on U.S. values and
interests and that controlled 40 percent of the global economy.
It is hard to think of anything more stupid. And China’s trade
hard-liners are surely laughing in their sleeves.
Out here everyone gets it: China has Trump’s number. Its officials were
afraid of him at first — with his tough trade talk. But they quickly
realized how easy it was to distract him with shiny objects, like
promises to defuse the North Korea threat for him or by giving stale
sector-specific trade concessions, such as for American beef exports to
China — things China has promised multiple presidents before — that
Trump could brag about.
Beijing watched Trump threaten to abandon America’s adherence to the
one-China policy if he did not get trade concessions — and then just
fold the minute China’s president, Xi Jinping, said he would not take a
phone call from Trump unless he reaffirmed the “One-China” policy.
We may call him “Trump” in America, but here it’s pronounced “Chump.”
http://www.nytimes.com/2017/06/28/opinion/trump-china-asia-pacific-trade-tpp.html
Yup. Paper Tiger.
The Saudis also understood the significance of "shiny objects". Boy, did
the funders of ISIS get what they wanted and more. The Europeans, not as
well. Lol.
China, Taiwan and now Hong Kong, I can say without an ounce of
exaggeration that more than a few Asia-Pacific business and political
leaders have taken President Trump’s measure and concluded that — far
from being a savvy negotiator — he’s a sucker who’s shrinking U.S.
influence in this region and helping make China great again.
These investors, trade experts and government officials are still
stunned by an event that got next to no attention in the U.S. but was an
earthquake out here — and a gift that will keep on giving America’s
allies pain and China gain for years to come. That was Trump’s decision
to tear up the 12-nation Trans-Pacific Partnership (TPP) free-trade deal
in his first week in office — clearly without having read it or
understanding its vast geo-economic implications.
(Trump was so ignorant about TPP that when he was asked about it in a
campaign debate in November 2015 he suggested that China was part of it,
which it very much is not.)
Trump simply threw away the single most valuable tool America had for
shaping the geo-economic future of the region our way and for pressuring
China to open its markets. Trump is now trying to negotiate trade
openings with China alone — as opposed to negotiating with China as the
head of a 12-nation TPP trading bloc that was based on U.S. values and
interests and that controlled 40 percent of the global economy.
It is hard to think of anything more stupid. And China’s trade
hard-liners are surely laughing in their sleeves.
Out here everyone gets it: China has Trump’s number. Its officials were
afraid of him at first — with his tough trade talk. But they quickly
realized how easy it was to distract him with shiny objects, like
promises to defuse the North Korea threat for him or by giving stale
sector-specific trade concessions, such as for American beef exports to
China — things China has promised multiple presidents before — that
Trump could brag about.
Beijing watched Trump threaten to abandon America’s adherence to the
one-China policy if he did not get trade concessions — and then just
fold the minute China’s president, Xi Jinping, said he would not take a
phone call from Trump unless he reaffirmed the “One-China” policy.
We may call him “Trump” in America, but here it’s pronounced “Chump.”
http://www.nytimes.com/2017/06/28/opinion/trump-china-asia-pacific-trade-tpp.html
Yup. Paper Tiger.
The Saudis also understood the significance of "shiny objects". Boy, did
the funders of ISIS get what they wanted and more. The Europeans, not as
well. Lol.
calim...@gmx.de
Jun 28, 2017, 12:25:59 PM6/28/17
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Idiots all four. Poor America ...
Max
The Iceberg
Jun 28, 2017, 1:24:16 PM6/28/17
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Pelle Svanslös
Jun 28, 2017, 3:08:41 PM6/28/17
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Obama, China's poodle is dated 27.2.
Maybe you got the stealing bit backwards?
--
“Donald Trump is the weak man’s vision of a strong man.”
-- Charles Cooke
bob
Jun 28, 2017, 6:59:52 PM6/28/17
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On Wed, 28 Jun 2017 17:32:40 +0300, Pelle Svanslos <pe...@svans.los>
wrote:
not putin's puppet anymore?
bob
wrote:
not putin's puppet anymore?
bob
Pelle Svanslos
Jun 29, 2017, 4:01:31 AM6/29/17
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exclusive.
The Iceberg
Jun 29, 2017, 5:18:39 AM6/29/17
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No, got it from idiots saying he was Putin's puppet! So you did indeed steal it from me, like said you are clearly desperate like the dumb
Russian joke election investigation, you know the election gave your fave Hillary a good thrashing in! Hahahh
Russian joke election investigation, you know the election gave your fave Hillary a good thrashing in! Hahahh
The Iceberg
Jun 29, 2017, 5:19:50 AM6/29/17
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Is it mutually exclusive with Trump absolutely
Beating your Hillary and Dems to bits in the election!
Beating your Hillary and Dems to bits in the election!
Pelle Svanslos
Jun 29, 2017, 5:26:07 AM6/29/17
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On 29/06/2017 12.18, The Iceberg wrote:
> No, got it from idiots saying he was Putin's puppet! So you did indeed steal it from me,
Ask Google groups. It says what I say. You're not only a thief but a
> No, got it from idiots saying he was Putin's puppet! So you did indeed steal it from me,
lying thief.
Who the heck would claim IP rights on the word poodle anyways? Geez.
The Iceberg
Jun 29, 2017, 5:38:12 AM6/29/17
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Nah you're the liar, I say Obama was China's poodle cos he was, you can't deny it and I said that cos dumb lying pro-Hillary types like you tried to pretend Trump was Putin's puppet. Your Paper Tiger post at the time was totally unrelated and NOTHING but another weak dig by someone that can't take that TRUMP WON! this latest post is just you trying to steal my phrase.
The Iceberg
Jun 29, 2017, 5:45:51 AM6/29/17
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It would help your case whether you say you reckon the Paper Tiger thing is right or not yet you never did and still don't.
Pelle Svanslos
Jun 29, 2017, 5:55:35 AM6/29/17
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On 29/06/2017 12.38, The Iceberg wrote:
> Nah you're the liar, I say Obama was China's poodle cos he was,
You're changing your statements on the fly. Another mark of a dishonest
> Nah you're the liar, I say Obama was China's poodle cos he was,
twat. You said I am "stealing my Obama was China's poodle line".
I showed you it's false. I used the Trump as a Paper Tiger reference WRT
China before you used the Obama, China's poodle.
You can check all of this on GG. Now, bugger off.
Pelle Svanslos
Jun 29, 2017, 5:56:37 AM6/29/17
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On 29/06/2017 12.45, The Iceberg wrote:
> It would help your case whether you say you reckon the Paper Tiger thing is right or not yet you never did and still don't.
>
It would help your case if you, an English native, would learn your own
> It would help your case whether you say you reckon the Paper Tiger thing is right or not yet you never did and still don't.
>
language.
The Iceberg
Jun 29, 2017, 6:46:34 AM6/29/17
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Nah the fact is you tried to steal my Obama was China's poodle line by posting the paper *tigger* joke article, you should quit lying, but prob won't, you're a dishonest thicko Remoaner Hillary fan, full of sour grapes that still can't take that Trump WON! Get over it!
The Iceberg
Jun 29, 2017, 6:47:35 AM6/29/17
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You missed a comma, duh!
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