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A Political Thread pt. 2

Everyone's at 10% now but I haven't checked the new in a hour.
And by "everyone" he means (last time I checked") Everyone except Russia, Belarus and NKorea - and China as above; who are somewhere between 104% and 145%
Obviously, Russia, Belarus and NKorea have pre-existing tariffs that Tantrump hasn't touched (yet - and shush, no-one tell him about those, or they'll be lifted).

Oh yeah, and Canada and Mexico on some stuff because... fentanyl (about 4kg p.a. IIRC from Canada)
 

100% he used this page for the tariff numbers.

Also you guys should be ashamed of yourselves for having a trade deficit with us.

What's never realised is that a huge part of the trade imbalance is that many large US corps farmed out their manufacturing overseas because they were chasing profits.

Apple being a prime example, from what I can see, they manufacture nothing per se, just assemble components from foreign sources.
 
Yulia is someone I disagree with but she is from a different country and background to me so she will be different in her mindset and if I'm being open I have probably at times been a bit disrespectful to her due to my prejudices towards her countries government
There are a lot of things I actually agree with but I won't openly admit it because you're a foreigner and it's a foreign forum,and it will be kind of... betrayal of my country (not government). And of course I don't support anything going in Ukraine (and it had a strong negative influence on me and my life, if to describe it shortly and without emotions). I have lots of relatives there, I was born there (although grew up and spent biggest part of my life in Russia),and in general it's clear that it's all wrong and terrible,just shouldn't be like that.
I live in another country for 8.5 years so far though.
To sum up: "I love my country,but I hate my government".

if I'm being open I have probably at times been a bit disrespectful to her due to my prejudices towards her countries government @Yulia if that has happened I apologise, I greatly respect your opinion and the forum is a better place for you being on it.
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If China invades Taiwan, it will end up at 0% because there will be thermonuclear war.

Without chips, our society collapses.
I think the US has only one major chip manufacturer left now, Intel.

Intel has diversified around the world so there no single point of failure (major production plant in Leixlip, Ireland)

All the other manufacturers are fabless, design chips and get them fabricated elsewhere mainly TSMC in Taiwan.

AMD and Nvidia being the best two examples of that. The US just doesn't have the engineers, the technology or the skilled workers required.
 
There are a lot of things I actually agree with but I won't openly admit it because you're a foreigner and it's a foreign forum,and it will be kind of... betrayal of my country (not government). And of course I don't support anything going in Ukraine (and it had a strong negative influence on me and my life, if to describe it shortly and without emotions). I have lots of relatives there, I was born there (although grew up and spent biggest part of my life in Russia),and in general it's clear that it's all wrong and terrible,just shouldn't be like that.
I live in another country for 8.5 years so far though.
To sum up: "I love my country,but I hate my government".


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You may have differences in opinion good or bad, but your English is bloody good!!
 
Doubtful. America won't go thermonuclear for a county it doesn't even recognise.
We don’t recognize Taiwan? News to me. Why because we didn’t take a charade vote in the UN? Makes sense considering we will likely leave the organization in the next few years.

Because I can tell you it’s much, much easier to get a visa from Taiwan or immigrate here. My neighbor is Taiwanese and brought his whole family here.
 
You may have differences in opinion good or bad, but your English is bloody good!!
I don't know,I don't know...I read sometimes other foreigners' posts here and I feel a shame about my English tbh 😒 I can't express my thoughts in a more complicated way that I use when I speak languages that I know better. So it looks sometimes too simple :D (and I have an huuuuge accent when I speak it in a real life :D )
 
We don't recognize Taiwan? News to me. Why because we didn't take a charade vote in the UN? Makes sense considering we will likely leave the organization in the next few years.

Because I can tell you it's much, much easier to get a visa from Taiwan or immigrate here. My neighbor is Taiwanese and brought his whole family here.
"Taiwan has 12 diplomatic allies that recognise Taiwan as the ROC (and thus do not have official relations with Beijing): Belize, Guatemala, Haiti, Holy See, Marshall Islands, Palau, Paraguay, St Lucia, St Kitts and Nevis, St Vincent and the Grenadines, Eswatini and Tuvalu."

The US doesn't have a diplomatic relations with Taiwan but then nearly all other countries don't. Interestingly around 100 nations recognise China's right to Taiwan
 

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