The trade war between the US and China seems to be on now, with Trump shooting first and China retaliating in kind. [image] China: 'The US has launched a trade war' The Commerce Ministry in Beijing was reacting to news of US tariffs on $50 billion of Chinese goods. …

[image] Brianjones: Chaos as usual. Yeah it’s getting old. I hear talk of giving it back to consumers and super charging the economy, but that’s about as believable as those $2,000 checks that were supposed to be dished out.

[image] Mr_PBH: [image] Brianjones: Chaos as usual. Yeah it’s getting old. I hear talk of giving it back to consumers and super charging the economy, but that’s about as believable as those $2,000 checks that were supposed to be dished out Seems there is a limit to how many times even …

I really hope Taiwan is holding on for the investments planned in US as part of the trade deal, not that those investments are bad as they would anyway happen, but just for show that we can not stand all these tantrums and dementia tariffs on/off clowning ongoing

Those investments would have been forward dated years. Suits everybody. Japan or was it Korea had to hand over billions in cash into a fund which the white house controlled :neutral_face:.

[image] Brianjones: Japan or was it Korea had to hand over billions in cash into a fund which the white house controlled :neutral_face:. Those were only dreams by Trump, where he said that they will pay, he decides and all profit goes to him. The real deals are far from that, as investments a…

This is going to go down well. [image] You paid for tariffs — but you won’t get a slice of tariff refunds | CNN... The government is on the hook to refund $134 billion – and counting – worth of tariff revenue collected from President Donald Trump’s most sweeping tariffs, which were rend…

[image] Brianjones: This is going to go down well. https://edition.cnn.com/2026/02/24/economy/tariff-refunds-consumers Right, but guess who will get some fat tariff refunds I bet? Corporations. Don the Con. Though I feel like Lutnick had a meaty hand (maybe both hands) in this.

That’s literally what the article says lol. It even says it in the headlines.

[image] Brianjones: That’s literally what the article says lol. Oh gotcha, it is what I posted earlier: [image] The Trump Presidency 2.0 (Part 2) So what happens if these corporations apply for refunds from the tariffs but the cost burden they put on consumers never goes back into their p…

[image] Poundsand: What would the US do if they used these routes in your scenario? Start blowing up or seizing ships from the EU and China? Even this administration isn’t that crazy. How this has aged well Hahahaha. Venezuela and Cuban haven’t been paying their share..neither has Iran. …