well, that’s a little difficult as the United States has 335 million people in it, and is the largest trading partner in the world. what do you imaging happens to an economy like colombia when it curtails or stops trading with the united states, where are they going to sell all their coffee and fresh cut flowers, just cut down on production you say, what’s going to happen to their shipping industries, their packing industries, their farmers, oh just tell them to retrain you say … and on and on and on and on with every industry in every country in the world barring Iran and North Korea. it’s a fine plan, with no possible way of being executed without making hundreds of millions of people destitute, but it’s a plan alright. the world will adjust, but, so much pain … and death
I’m not suggesting anyone just do it cold turkey. I am suggesting, though, that they start re-tooling their economies to not rely on the US in it in whatever ways they’re able; we’re an unreliable partner, clearly, and anyone whose economy is reliant on us at this point is just asking to get burned or bent over by Trump.
It’s certainly a wake-up call for nations that are over-reliant on US trade to diversify their partnerships. Essentially what the US is doing is globalisation in reverse and hopefully they will find out why globalisation was previously so popular with world leaders.
well, that’s a little difficult as the United States has 335 million people in it, and is the largest trading partner in the world. what do you imaging happens to an economy like colombia when it curtails or stops trading with the united states, where are they going to sell all their coffee and fresh cut flowers, just cut down on production you say, what’s going to happen to their shipping industries, their packing industries, their farmers, oh just tell them to retrain you say … and on and on and on and on with every industry in every country in the world barring Iran and North Korea. it’s a fine plan, with no possible way of being executed without making hundreds of millions of people destitute, but it’s a plan alright. the world will adjust, but, so much pain … and death
I’m not suggesting anyone just do it cold turkey. I am suggesting, though, that they start re-tooling their economies to not rely on the US in it in whatever ways they’re able; we’re an unreliable partner, clearly, and anyone whose economy is reliant on us at this point is just asking to get burned or bent over by Trump.
It’s certainly a wake-up call for nations that are over-reliant on US trade to diversify their partnerships. Essentially what the US is doing is globalisation in reverse and hopefully they will find out why globalisation was previously so popular with world leaders.