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christopherg.bsky.social
Former economic migrant in London, Hong Kong & New York. Sadly not (yet) in the Discworld. Now husband, father, smallholder and woodworm wrangler in Welsh countryside
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They’ll presumably open with agreeing to joining the Euro “when the time is right”…
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Still a shame that Branson was apparently talked out of calling it “Riff-Raff” when they launched Virgin
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Trump getting desperate to announce any deals? His claims that everyone is desperate to kiss his @$&e are starting to wear rather thin. China in particular is noticeably enjoying watching him twist in the wind…
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Exactly. Can’t see why anyone is getting upset by this. They’re just telling the orange felon that OF COURSE they’re trying to help it happen. So so Sad that the R&A makes the decision isn’t it…. That way they stave off some other lunacy that he might otherwise threaten the UK with
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How did you know..? Best informed news source on the planet!
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Are you sure? Same hairstyle and makes just as much sense…
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“It’s people like you what cause unrest…”
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AIUI this is/was about de minimis shipments from China… Obv it was easier for UK businesses when they were effectively ‘local’ pre 2016 before the knuckle-draggers got their way😵‍💫
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I have no problem with B2B on whatever scale they want to trade in (although reliance on express parcels by air has serious environmental issues as it’s by air). It’s B2C that’s a problem for the reasons I outlined. The ‘C’ needs the consumer protections that come from buying locally
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But anything bought B2C direct from China could be either/both fake or shoddy and you have no recourse. I’d prefer to have an identifiable entity onshore to deal with which has to comply with rules & regs. Cutting out the middleman doesn’t make sense when the middleman serves a purpose
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I’d rather s/he be able to continue to get the part from their local plumbing supplies store that hasn’t been put out of business by shoddy fake parts made by slave labour in Xinjiang
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Fox etc will always try to smear the Dem candidate as a socialist etc so why not run an actual socialist…. Anyone who might be able to mobilise even some of the 50% of the US population who don’t bother to vote might be in with a chance surely…
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The total lack of any health & safety protections, enforceable warranties or consumer protections of any form are problematic enough when dealing via ‘Marketplaces’ or eBay but at least there’s some sense of who your counterpart might be. Direct shipping like this is a Wild West so happy to see this
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I’d say that this is the essence of all populism but that the right wing generally has less jargon & general verbiage to hide this simple fact whereas left wingers are more inclined to hide it in a word salad or six
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Add ketchup
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Next week: “How to nail jelly to the ceiling”
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This was one of the cartoons around when he ‘achieved’ his wonder deal with North Korea last time around. I reckon that the only people who think he’s a great deal maker are the SA me ones who think he was a successful businessman
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They are “rare” because they are found in VERY low concentrations but they can be found quite widely. AIUI China has dominated because it was willing to take on the environmental risks of the dirty refining process more than anything else
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They are all white males. 150 odd years later there’s no change in that bit anyway
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In the words of an unnamed Trump aide: "Some people seem to think Trump's playing chess, when most of the time the staff are just trying to stop him from eating the pieces."
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Flashbacks….arghhh
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I worked in emerging markets in Asia from the mid-Eighties onwards. The words “capital controls” were always some of the most chilling to investor sentiment. Exceeded in their impact only by STIs and beer shortages
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Average trade weighted tariffs of 26% weighing in the US consumer don’t exactly suggest that this is over even if the markets are off chasing a bright shiny thing this afternoon…
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“Diplomacy is the art of saying “Good doggy” until you can find a large enough rock” or some such…😎” We have no choice but to be patient. We need time for the unwind. The last thing we can afford to do is to make a big song & dance about it and attract the moron’s attention.
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Against the penguins And the penguins are winning
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So that we can do it all over again as soon as he feels like too many people are laughing at him…so possibly tomorrow?
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Won’t the Plagues be so much fun with RFK ready to leap into action!
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All that lovely uncertainty…it’s soooo good for investment/markets/economies/real life…
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But is the EU on 10%? They retaliated…
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Well, YOU are welcome to make a 2-3 year multimillion $ investment decision on a new factory on that basis if you want to but I am not sure many businesses will want to…
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“Better to be silent and thought to be a fool than to speak and prove it”
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He confirms that he’s just a bully. Stand up to him (see actions from China or Canada for details) and he backs down. Risk of doing business or trying to do a deal with USA remains massively unattractive
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Theoretically. Currently.
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How long before someone decides on the ‘Epstein Solution’ - threaten enough powerful/rich people in the US with disgrace/poverty and your life expectancy is somewhat limited…. Trouble is then we get Vance which probably isn’t much of an upgrade
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Or just Congress actually doing its Constitutional job…