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Wouldn't a more effective US strategy against China been to get the EU, Japan, and South Korea in on the tarrifs as well? Might as well throw in Canada and Mexi
by systematical 7y ago
Wouldn't a more effective US strategy against China been to get the EU, Japan, and South Korea in on the tarrifs as well? Might as well throw in Canada and Mexico as well on account of being NAFTA partners. That would account for all of Chinas major trading partners. Japan and SK might have been difficult, but a combined North America + EU might have done the trick.
Maybe the Trump Administration tried this, but I find it unlikely since this Administration opened up lambasting our traditional allies. This trade war as it stands is going nowhere. China won't budge.
- wrong_variable 7y agoWhat makes you think all those other countries have the same issues with China as the US ? Southern EU countries depend on Chinese investment, northern EU countries are addicted to cheap Chinese imports. Nobody in Sweden wants to make Nike shoes, they are more interested in robotics, IP, etc. EU also have bones to pick with the US regarding tech monopolies. Mexico also does a huge amount of trade with China. The only group's interest Trump is working for are mega rich US companies - at the expense of it's own consumers and other countries.
- NicoJuicy 7y agoEurope has more issues with China than the US... :( But internal diplomacy...
- onemoresoop 7y agoWhat are those? Simply curious
- NicoJuicy 7y ago16+1 , look it up Or Tsjechie Or Germany closer ties with China since Trump
- onemoresoop 7y agoThanks for the info. I see now. I just looked up 16+1, haven't heard of it. Seems like it's strategically spread over eastern Europe. Not sure how this fits with the European Union but I guess not so well.
- NicoJuicy 7y agoIndeed, it tries to break the bound with ( mostly) false pretenses and its a good trap for the more corrupt countries. The countries that the EU guessed to become more democratic after a while.