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2017-09-06 Britain

Brexit Scaremongers in Retreat as British Manufacturing and Retail Sales Surge

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Posted by Besoeker 2017-09-06 03:59|| || Front Page|| [2 views ] Top

#1 Will someone please tell me why the United States actually needs Chinese imports ?

Posted by Besoeker 2017-09-06 08:49|| 2017-09-06 08:49|| Front Page Top

#2 So corporations like Hewlett-Packard can have their stuff manufactured by cheap slave labor.

Posted by Abu Uluque 2017-09-06 11:34|| 2017-09-06 11:34|| Front Page Top

#3 Willsomeone please tell me why the United States actually needs Chinese imports ?

Kickbacks?

Posted by Pappy 2017-09-06 11:46|| 2017-09-06 11:46|| Front Page Top

#4 Commenters #2 and #3 have answered correctly. The purse will be divided equally.

Posted by Besoeker 2017-09-06 12:04|| 2017-09-06 12:04|| Front Page Top

#5 Because the US is a nation that consumes, rather than saves. China's stuff is cheap because it's built by slave labor (their competitive advantage) and carries little/no tariffs. So we buy Chinese (or Vietnamese or Indonesian, whoever's cheapest) as fast as we can. Straight economics at work.

Posted by Glomosing Omainter7636 2017-09-06 12:37|| 2017-09-06 12:37|| Front Page Top

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