FrankMaleir@lemmy.world to World News@lemmy.worldEnglish · 4 days agoTrump raises tariffs on China to 125% but announces 90-day pause for other countries – business livewww.theguardian.comexternal-linkmessage-square174fedilinkarrow-up1587arrow-down13
arrow-up1584arrow-down1external-linkTrump raises tariffs on China to 125% but announces 90-day pause for other countries – business livewww.theguardian.comFrankMaleir@lemmy.world to World News@lemmy.worldEnglish · 4 days agomessage-square174fedilink
minus-squareHelveticalinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up64arrow-down1·3 days agoSo he’s giving the other countries a 90 day reprieve to seek other trading partners? Ones that aren’t dictated by a toddler who thinks random mood swings are the basis of a sensible foreign trade policy? Smart move, trump.
minus-squarei_am_not_a_robot@discuss.tchncs.delinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up8·3 days agoProbably less. He could change his mind at any time.
minus-squareandallthat@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2·3 days agoseems like he learned his negotiation skills from the scene in Blazing Saddles where the black sheriff points a gun to his own head. “Do what he says! Do what he says!”
So he’s giving the other countries a 90 day reprieve to seek other trading partners? Ones that aren’t dictated by a toddler who thinks random mood swings are the basis of a sensible foreign trade policy? Smart move, trump.
Probably less. He could change his mind at any time.
seems like he learned his negotiation skills from the scene in Blazing Saddles where the black sheriff points a gun to his own head. “Do what he says! Do what he says!”