tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2807403883562053852.post1794433539879314888..comments2024-03-27T08:40:31.785-06:00Comments on Clayton Cramer.: Trade WarsClayton Cramerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03258083387204776812noreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2807403883562053852.post-17556376561712350872019-05-19T16:25:30.727-06:002019-05-19T16:25:30.727-06:00China is also targeted for its intellectual proper...China is also targeted for its intellectual property theft, and its state investment in industries to enable them to out-compete foreign companies.<br /><br />Our hands are not clean in this, but compared to China, we are pure!StormCchaserhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02998174514362089471noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2807403883562053852.post-47510040455961070422019-05-17T22:35:13.600-06:002019-05-17T22:35:13.600-06:00How about Instead of calling them tariffs, we call...How about Instead of calling them tariffs, we call them a value added tax.<br /><br />John Henry John henryhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13529920006532904660noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2807403883562053852.post-75467766228511076812019-05-17T22:33:46.494-06:002019-05-17T22:33:46.494-06:00The big benefit to the so-called trade war is star...The big benefit to the so-called trade war is starving the swamp. China spends their dollars not o Us goods but on govt debt. Something like a third of all debt is held by China <br /><br />Now, both in retaliation and because they need the money ,they are pulling back. <br /><br />Starve the swamp! <br /><br />John Henry John henryhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13529920006532904660noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2807403883562053852.post-80108502749511745912019-05-17T08:19:13.552-06:002019-05-17T08:19:13.552-06:00Most modern appraisals of the depression think the...Most modern appraisals of the depression think the New Deal did more to do with prolonging it than Soot-Hawley and other tariffs.. The attempt to build up government spending sucked up all the capital that would have been used in private sector more efficiently. -- see the Forgotten ManT macWeavehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06480504574697019100noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2807403883562053852.post-76706559948507999412019-05-16T17:46:41.591-06:002019-05-16T17:46:41.591-06:00Wasn't this artificial undervaluation the same...Wasn't this artificial undervaluation the same thing Japan did with the Yen until about 1982, when they no longer could sustain the undervaluation? I still have a book in my library called "Japan as Number One; Lessons for America" that said we had to have a more mercantilist strategy with corporate supports and subsidies of worker expenses in order to compete with Japan (at least until the cost of supports and subsidies proved too expensive for Japan). We don't hear much about Japan as Number One any more. Windy Wilsonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01951254236693386401noreply@blogger.com