Trump tariffs: China warns nations against 'appeasing' US in trade deals
www.bbc.com
Beijing was responding to reports that the US will pressure other nations to restrict trade with China.
  • BigMikeInAustin@lemmy.worldEnglish
    67·
    2 months ago

    Anyone trying to appease the US is just going to continually get let down and backstabbed. The sooner the other countries realize they are dealing with a toddler, the better for them to get to somewhere stable.

    • CosmoNova@lemmy.worldEnglish
      151·
      2 months ago

      Not much of a backstab when you get 90 days to figure out how to deal with tariffs and decide to… not do anything? I hope the free, democratic world comes together while China and the USA have their little stalemate.

      • jaybone@lemmy.zipEnglish
        71·
        2 months ago

        It’s like two Olympic sized swimming pools full of jello vs half the number of motel rooms in New Hampshire.

        This is why we need metric slams and metric blasts.

      • JoeKrogan@lemmy.worldEnglish
        41·
        2 months ago

        Calculating the slam to blast ratio requires more computing power than we currently possess.

  • Teknikal@eviltoast.orgEnglish
    9·
    2 months ago

    China’s pretty much saying if you let the US Bully you into adding Tarrifs on China we are going to treat you the same as the US.

    In my mind China’s ascending rapidly while the US is falling to pieces, losing trade from China basically means the country in question is going to lose access to everything they sell and skyrocket prices etc.

    Unfortunately I’m in the UK and they will likely suck up to the US as they always do so yeah I think we are even more screwed than most.

  • Annoyed_🦀 @lemmy.zipEnglish
    158·
    2 months ago

    “China firmly opposes any party reaching a deal at the expense of China’s interests. If this happens, China will never accept it and will resolutely take countermeasures”

    two big toddler are fighting. Great.

    Edit: downvoted for not support tankie’s favorite toddler. Awesome.

        • Wanpieserino@lemm.eeEnglish
          6·
          2 months ago

          UK can always join, the older generation that voted for Brexit have been dying year after year

      • Saleh@feddit.orgEnglish
        31·
        2 months ago

        Yeah, i don’t think that is what happening.

        When two people are pointing a gun at you and one of them will shoot if you choose the other one, you are not exactly “winning”.

          • Saleh@feddit.orgEnglish
            1·
            2 months ago

            Supplying bullets to your body…

            This is choosing between losses, not between to gains. The EU is not the king in this situation, it is the servant who has two masters demanding loyalty and both being willing to punish what they perceive as disloyalty.