I think you and Trump have the same views (negotiated trading agreements, olde school style).
That headline is misleading. It makes one assume the entire program was scrapped.
well. You could name these countries that have all these restrictions.. I , frankly. do not believe they exist, except in the discombobulated mind of Trump. Any country that has restrictions on trade,, has those restrictions on a basis of a trade agreement. they are not placed down at whim or at will by a meglomaniac politician. Trade is a very complex and carefully worked out business, and why these restrictive countries are being referred to as 'other countries' without any clue as to whom is most probably a result of being unable to name even one.
I agree with you on this fully. And... even in the 19th century, the Europeans set up colonies to get the raw materials they lacked.
Uhmmm...... China.
Harvesting the Blood of America's Poor: The Latest Stage of Capitalism
Blood has become big business in the United States and there is no shortage of corporations ready to exploit America's most vulnerable populations in order to get a piece of the pie.www.mintpressnews.com
One trade that is most likely to increase, due to rapid inflation in the USA is the exporting of blood products, usually sourced from America's poorest people, who, in the capitalist way , sell their blood .
Yes. Sell Their Blood. Which means, of course that there are BUYERS for this product.
Donors will increase and the monetary reward for selling ones' blood will , in the usual capitalist manner, lower the 'wage'.. if there are more donors, the price goes down for the seller, not necessarily so for the buyer.... but looking on the bright side, it will be a win for the USA treasury, perhaps.. More Product.
'For much of the world, donating blood is purely an act of solidarity; a civic duty that the healthy perform to aid others in need. The idea of being paid for such an action would be considered bizarre. But in the United States, it is big business. Indeed, in today’s wretched economy, where around 130 million Americans admit an inability to pay for basic needs like food, housing or healthcare, buying and selling blood is of the few booming industries America has left. ( Booming Industry!!!)
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Almost half of America is broke, and 58 percent of the country is living paycheck to paycheck, with savings of less than $1000. 37 million Americans go to bed hungry, including one-sixth of New Yorkers and almost half of South Bronx residents. And over half a million sleep on the streets on any given night, with many millions more in vehicles or relying on friends or family. It is in this context that millions in the red have turned to selling blood to make ends meet. In a very real sense then, these corporations are harvesting the blood of the poor, literally sucking the life out of them.
'' The people who show up are a mix of disabled, working poor, homeless, single parents, and college students. With the exception of the college students who are looking for booze money, this is probably the easiest and most reliable income they have. Your job may fire you at any time when you’re on this level of society, but you always have blood. And selling your blood doesn’t count as a job or income when it comes to determining disability benefits, food stamps, or unemployment eligibility so it’s a source of money for the people who have absolutely nothing else.”
well, the fearless leader will just have to ... you know, make a deal.... as long as he- you know, holds a lot of the cards...
Thanks, Sillybilly, for this thread.The following link provides update through to March 6 2025
Trump delays tariffs for USMCA-compliant goods for Canada and Mexico
On Thursday, President Donald Trump paused tariffs on goods covered by the the USMCA, the free trade agreement between Canada, the U.S. and Mexico.www.ctvnews.ca
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China is quite entitled to peg the yuan to the forces of the many currencies it trades with.. up until 2005, the yuan was pegged to the USA dollar, but now it is fixed to a myriad of currencies, and this is why people in America often get confused about it. They think the Yuan should align itself with the USA dollar, and the Chinese believe differently, as is their inherent right to do so.
rrrrrather difficult to make a cow speed up the process though.. don't you think??
I meant within their own economy - and those products are probably used for their exports.
But isn't that precisely what Trump is attempting to achieve?? USA products 'flooding' the globe??I meant within their own economy - and those products are probably used for their exports.
"China announced on Monday that its trade surplus reached almost $1 trillion last year as its exports swamped the globe, while the country’s own businesses and households spent cautiously on imports."
China’s Trade Surplus Reaches a Record of Nearly $1 Trillion
China’s vast exports in 2024 exceeded its imports on a scale seldom seen anywhere except during or immediately after the two world wars.www.nytimes.com
The consequences are that cheap Chinese goods continue flooding the globe.
But IMO, the one iron law of all time is: Everything is Always Changing.
And so will China.
JMO
That headline is misleading. It makes one assume the entire program was scrapped.
From the link -
However, on Tuesday the Trump administration "informed members of Congress that it was withholding funding for some MEP centers because their work no longer aligns with government priorities." Some $12.9 million in funding set to go to these centers will be impounded by the Department of Commerce's National Institute of Standards and Technology.
“The department is reprioritizing its programmatic activities to ensure that the US secures its position as a leader in critical and emerging technologies such as artificial intelligence and quantum,” said the message sent to Congressional staff. “As such NIST has determined that these cooperative agreements are no longer aligned with the priorities of the department and NIST.”
Trump and DOGE Defund Program That Boosted American Manufacturing for Decades
President Donald Trump says taxing imports will strengthen domestic manufacturing. Hours before announcing new tariffs, his administration cut support for centers that help US firms do just that.www.wired.com
Trump administration officials informed members of Congress that it was withholding funding for some MEP centers because their work no longer aligns with government priorities.
The Department of Commerce’s National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST), which administers the program to help manufacturers, emailed lawmakers to say that it would not be paying out nearly $12.9 million that had been due overall this week to MEP centers in 10 states, according to Democratic staff of the House Committee on Science, Space, and Technology who spoke on on the condition of anonymity.
It is a matter that is not spoken about very much, yet it is one of the USA"s big export industries, the ghastliness of it defies all rationale. And how desperate , how utterly beaten down must people be to sell their blood .. SELL it..
Thanks, Sillybilly, for this thread, and all that you do for us.
Yep, I saw that quote from Professor Kelley before Trump ran for his first presidential race.Attorney Frank DiPrima revealed what former Wharton marketing professor William T. Kelley told him about Trump: 'Donald Trump was the dumbeststudent I ever had!'
