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when I read the transcripts rather than hear his droning jawboning delivery, the content is more understandable, I found..I went through some youtubes of Trump being interviewed by the press, often hostile Democratic types, and I must admit while not going as far as @wayneL in labelling those who believe Trump is a moronic psychopath as suffering TDS, he did perform quite well.
Finally some good news. No doubt The trumpet will come out swinging and swinging hard bad mouthing everyone who dared go against him.Further details of the very strong rejection of the legality of Trumps Tariff decisions by the Federal International Trade Court. Who were the strongest cheerers for the outcome?
US federal court blocks Trump from imposing sweeping tariffs
Ruling from court of international trade in New York comes after slew of lawsuits arguing president exceeded authority
....Financial markets, in contrast, cheered the ruling. The US dollar rallied following the court’s order, surging against currencies such as the euro, yen and the Swiss franc in particular. Wall Street futures rose and equities across Asia also rose.
Trump wins temporary reprieve as he fights against court block on tariffs
US president rails against judges who ruled against him as appeals court grants pause until challenge is heardwww.theguardian.com
At the moment I'm viewing this as a "technical" issue.Tariffs are meant to go though Congress, Trump is exceeding his authority, we all knew that.
Interesting to see what happens next.
There you go, one day later.Checks and balances.
Heard the appeal is very unlikely to succeed.There you go, one day later.
US appeals court temporarily reinstates Donald Trump's tariffs
A United States appeals court temporarily reinstates Donald Trump's tariffs, a day after they were deemed illegal by the US Court of International Trade.www.abc.net.au
The tariff issue has a long way to play out,it wont be sorted out completely in Trump's term IMO.Heard the appeal is very unlikely to succeed.
Yea, true, which is why they can't get a deal.The tariff issue has a long way to play out,it wont be sorted out completely in Trump's term IMO.
But as I said earlier, the ball is rolling and it has brought the Chinese manufacturing monopoly onto the World agenda, so it will be a work in progress.
What gets put in place will be adapted as the manufacturing landscape changes, my guess is there will be a rationalisation of World manufacturing, hopefully to reduce duplication, inefficiencies and wastage.
Chance would be a fine thing.The U.S will be trying to work a scam, that leaves the U.S with the biggest piece of the pie, as usual.
It's very early days, Bessent has had only one face to face with China, my guess is it will take a lot of too and froing between the U.S and China, then if they come to an agreement, it will move on to the EU and U.K.Yea, true, which is why they can't get a deal.
Yes a lot of billionaires made their money by transferring their manufacturing to China. Trouble is too many did it.It's very early days, Bessent has had only one face to face with China, my guess is it will take a lot of too and froing between the U.S and China, then if they come to an agreement, it will move on to the EU and U.K.
But the U.S / China one will be the difficult one, China doesn't want to stop eating the Wests lunch, but the U.S is their biggest customer by a long margin, so they are caught between a rock and a hard place also.
China is geared up to the max, to make and sell a lot of stuff, if the U.S and EU don't buy it, they can't just keep making it.
So it is in China's best interest to come to a compromise.
Interesting times and a sticky situation, the West elite's and multinationals have brought this on by exploiting cheap labour and now the obvious has happened, the rich have to devise plan B.
Just about every company and their directors have, add to that all the money made from outsourcing Government work eg Railways, Housing commissions, Electrical generation and distribution, education and training etc and a lot of money has been made all round.Yes a lot of billionaires made their money by transferring their manufacturing to China. Trouble is too many did it.
Interesting snippet today, regarding the lifting the debt ceiling."I was disappointed to see the massive spending bill, frankly, which increases the budget deficit, not just decreases it, and undermines the work that the DOGE team is doing," Mr Musk said.
Mr Musk said.
If they can't do it one way they'll figure out another. They're more than determined to do it.At the moment I'm viewing this as a "technical" issue.
That is, the court hasn't said the tariffs can't be imposed, the issue is about the means of doing so which is an important distinction.
My thinking is we'll still see tariffs implemented. Probably some differences in the detail, but the ball's rolling, indeed it was starting to move even before Trump was elected the first time, so I very much doubt we've seen the end of the issue, most likely it's a pause and possible change in the detail.
so ... back to the debt ceiling again“We don’t give out the ‘X date’ because we use that to move the bill forward,” Bessent said. Last month, Bessent told lawmakers that the US was likely to exhaust its borrowing authority by August if the debt ceiling isn’t raised or suspended by then.
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