Is Trump Right About Free Trade

[Roger Perry]

The Ford Ranger re-appears on the American market as a 2019 model, they will be US built including a Ranger Raptor, sounds fun..!

On the small Tesla, just reported that production has ceased for at least a week due to tech problems, great shame but up till this point they seem unable to ramp production.

 

[ollie989898]

Tesla are losing money so fast its insane.

Trump can say what he likes, everytime he opens his mouth it racks domestic markets down.

 

[Muck Spreader]

The Ford Ranger re-appears on the American market as a 2019 model, they will be US built including a Ranger Raptor, sounds fun..!

On the small Tesla, just reported that production has ceased for at least a week due to tech problems, great shame but up till this point they seem unable to ramp production.

I see the north American spec Ranger has a redesigned and a lot stronger chassis planned. Pity they aren't planning on sending some of them over here.

 

[Muck Spreader]

I wish I had ordered one .. if it does get built of course.

You can doubt the man but then see rocket man .. I'm impressed.

He does get a letter every couple of months telling him of it's progress and signed Elon. But he is thinking of cancelling and getting the new Porsche Mission E due next year instead.

 

[Ashtree]

Elton Musk no doubt a super intelligent man, with way out there thinking and advanced ideas, doesn’t ever seem to be able to sort out bottlenecks in his production plants

 

[TelesnaAg]

Please if you can order Dr Jerome Corsi's new book from amazon "killing the deep state" it is number 11 and we are trying to get to number 1...russian roulette is 19. Im sure it will be a fascinating read...and if gets to be on best seller list it helps people wake up against this matrix that the central banks would like us to live in.

Cheers, Ant...

 

[Ashtree]

Meanwhile back at the Washington ranch, the foreman Big Button, has learned that he can’t really fuuuk with the EU. Too big, and too powerful, and too important to throw stones at.
Special relationship really

Europe Said to Be Close to Exemption on Trump Metal Tariffs https://www.bloomberg.com/news/arti...r-exclusion-from-trump-s-metal-import-tariffs

 

[TelesnaAg]

So they went to washington to beg and the is powerful? Lol...

Ant...

 

[Roger Perry]

Yup, I think scramble was the word used...........Europe is on the back foot.

Lets' face it if EU sees a successful US company doing business over there instead of trying to compete they dream up a tax and apply it.

Talk about a dead hand at the controls .

 

[Ashtree]

So they went to washington to beg and the is powerful? Lol...

Ant...

Went to Washington with list of US products to be hit in retaliation. Surgical selection to hit at strong republican states. Levi’s, bourbon whiskey, Harley Davidson, etc, etc,. Helped to concentrate a few minds I guess.

http://www.latimes.com/business/la-...mp-tariffs-20180307-story.html?outputType=amp

 

[caveman]

Doubt the USA could give a toss as to whether or not Europe buys off of them as there's probably fekk all they want in return.
There's a great big world of buyers out there besides a couple of million Europeans.

 

[phillipe]

Went to Washington with list of US products to be hit in retaliation. Surgical selection to hit at strong republican states. Levi’s, bourbon whiskey, Harley Davidson, etc, etc,. Helped to concentrate a few minds I guess.

http://www.latimes.com/business/la-...mp-tariffs-20180307-story.html?outputType=amp

I think you are talking out of your derriere old chap

 

[Muck Spreader]

Looks like China may hit back with increased tariffs on US pork, soya and other ag products. Not good.

 

[Ashtree]

Looks like China may hit back with increased tariffs on US pork, soya and other ag products. Not good.

Here Are U.S. Targets Most Vulnerable to China Trade Retaliation https://www.bloomberg.com/politics/...ts-most-vulnerable-to-china-trade-retaliation

 

[caveman]

Looks like China may hit back with increased tariffs on US pork, soya and other ag products. Not good.

Yep.
Just like the commies to starve their population.

 

[Ashtree]

Yep.
Just like the commies to starve their population.

Nope!!!! You don’t understand. Do you?
American supply to China will become less competitive. The business will go elsewhere. Nobody will starve in China. World is too small today and too interconnected. Big Button is shooting himself on the foot.

 

[ollie989898]

Doubt the USA could give a toss as to whether or not Europe buys off of them as there's probably fekk all they want in return.
There's a great big world of buyers out there besides a couple of million Europeans.

The EU, collectively, is the largest consumer market on earth.

 

[caveman]

The EU, collectively, is the largest consumer market on earth.

Most protective you mean.
Largest?
There's ony a couple of million citizens who can afford to buy anything for cash.
All the rest is on tick.

 

[ollie989898]

Most protective you mean.
Largest?
There's ony a couple of million citizens who can afford to buy anything.

It's the largest consumer market by value on Earth. Even the poorest EU citizens are still wealthier than the majority of Africans or Asians.

 

[Jackov Altraids]

It seems to me that free trade has led to globalisation.
Globalisation prevents countries from planning at a local level and allows large international companies to make huge sums of money. Governments lose funds through no tariffs and very little tax paid.
China has generally abused the system. Dumping steel on the world market and starting / stopping buying dairy products etc.
Economists love numbers but they don't tell the whole story. Free trade always has hidden costs.
Isn't it as simple as deciding whether you want big business to have your money or your government?
I don't know if Trump is right but I do believe he has a much more valid argument than most will admit.