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2018-03-13 Economy
A WTO without the US
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Posted by European Conservative 2018-03-13 01:02|| || Front Page|| [11131 views ]  Top

#1 Yup. Confirms it again. These people can see nothing beyond:

1) Their own interests, which they retroactively fit rational-sounding explanations.

2) What they imagine American interests to be. The fact that we wish to benefit our people at the expense of everyone who has profited handsomely from trade seems like insanity to them. "But GDP will slightly decrease its rate of increase! Doing this is the worst thing anyone could ever do!"

We know what we're doing, shithead. We're doing what's right for our people who have long been neglected under your system. It's going to come at your expense - just like you've been deliberately damaging us for decades. Now that the shoe's on the other foot, it's suddenly wrong and unfair that you don't get your way.
Posted by  Herb McCoy7309 2018-03-13 02:50||   2018-03-13 02:50|| Front Page Top

#2 Lamy: Trump is a dog that barks more than it bites.

So why the great concern ?
Posted by Besoeker 2018-03-13 02:56||   2018-03-13 02:56|| Front Page Top

#3 I guess being an Israeli (i.e. somebody whom these people proclaimed as not having a right to exist) prejudiced me against European elites - just a little bit. So, when Trump tells them "no more free meals"

Posted by g(r)omgoru 2018-03-13 03:26||   2018-03-13 03:26|| Front Page Top

#4 
For example, if he levies 40 percent taxes on iPhones from China, the US economy will suffer four times as much as the Chinese economy. He doesn't realize that!


Because it's bullshit.
Posted by Rob Crawford 2018-03-13 07:57||   2018-03-13 07:57|| Front Page Top

#5 They don't get Trump. I becoming convinced that the only one who really gets Trump is Scott Adams.

Trump is negotiating in a new way as the old way always seemed to wind up with the USA getting the short end, at least the USA workers.
Posted by AlanC 2018-03-13 08:21||   2018-03-13 08:21|| Front Page Top

#6 Yes, the success he has enjoyed in such a sshort time makes them look small and ineffective, which they are.

Posted by Besoeker 2018-03-13 08:43||   2018-03-13 08:43|| Front Page Top

#7 BTW, who actually pays for the WTO?
Posted by Procopius2k 2018-03-13 08:47||   2018-03-13 08:47|| Front Page Top

#8 Fuck froggie proggie Pascal Lamy.
Posted by Raj 2018-03-13 14:09||   2018-03-13 14:09|| Front Page Top

#9 Thank you for bringing us this translation, European Conservative. I think having a Plan B is wise — having the option to let go those who do not want to be part of tthe World Trade Organization, just as it would be wise to set free those who no longer wish to be part of the European Union.
Posted by trailing wife 2018-03-13 19:45||   2018-03-13 19:45|| Front Page Top

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