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Strategies & Market Trends : 2026 TeoTwawKi ... 2032 Darkest Interregnum -- Ignore unavailable to you. Want to Upgrade?

To: Maurice Winn who wrote (147612)	4/3/2019 6:51:41 PM
From: TobagoJack	Respond to of 217576

trump, possibly extremely trader-smart, is setting up a situation for he hopes himself spanning 2020 - 2024, and setting someone else up for 2025 am thinking the democrats and deep-state(s) cannot let the trade deal through w/o resistance, and so hobble selves on the road to 2020, so trump can blame equity / bond debacles, should they happen, on the democrats and anyone else opposing him just a few months before we enter teotwawki 2026, and be on way to darkest interregnum 2032 bloomberg.com U.S. Sets 2025 Target for China to Fulfill Trade Pledges, Sources Say Go inside the global economy with Stephanie Flanders in her new podcast, Stephanomics. Subscribe via Pocket Cast or iTunes. The trade deal that the U.S. and China are crafting would give Beijing until 2025 to meet commitments on commodity purchases and allow American companies to wholly own enterprises in the Asian nation, according to three people familiar with the talks. Talks are continuing in Washington where Chinese Vice Premier Liu He began planned meetings with U.S. Trade Representative Robert Lighthizer and Treasury Secretary Steven Mnuchin on Wednesday. The goal over the next few days is to strike an agreement on the core issues so President Donald Trump and Chinese leader Xi Jinping can hold a ceremony to sign a deal. Lighthizer, Mnuchin and Liu held a working dinner Tuesday night, according to one of the people. As the talks resumed on Wednesday morning, Trump’s top economic adviser touted progress but cautioned that a final deal to end the trade war remains elusive. Negotiators are “making good headway,” White House economic adviser Larry Kudlow told reporters at an event in Washington. “But we’re not there and we hope this week to get closer,” he said. Under the proposed agreement, China would commit by 2025 to buy more U.S. commodities, including soybeans and energy products, and allow 100 percent foreign ownership for U.S. companies operating in China as a binding pledge that can trigger retaliation from the U.S. if left unfulfilled, the people said on condition of anonymity because the talks are private. Other non-binding promises China has offered to implement by 2029 wouldn’t be tied to potential U.S. retaliation, they said, without elaborating. The limited time frame raises questions about how much a deal would reshape the longer-term economic relationship, rather than simply serve as a political win for Trump that would last through his potential second term as the 2020 election campaign kicks off. While some progress is being made, resolving more contentious issues such as the forced transfer of technology is taking longer. China’s Commerce Minister didn’t immediately reply to faxed questions. The White House referred questions to USTR, which didn’t immediately reply to a request for comment. Buying SpreeThe White House is particularly focused on purchases commitments through the second quarter of 2020, in an effort to narrow the trade balance ahead of Trump’s re-election bid. People familiar with the talks said for that reason, the U.S. is pushing for China to front-load a big chunk of the commodities purchases in the first two years the agreement is in place. The merchandise-trade deficit with China hit a record $419.2 billion in 2018. The two sides are still haggling over how to enforce the deal, which Lighthizer has said is the fundamental issue in the talks. In congressional testimony in February, Trump’s top trade negotiator said the U.S. wants the right to take unilateral, “proportional” action against China if it fails to abide by the rules. A person familiar with the text said China so far agreed only to contemplate not to retaliate if the U.S. took action against Beijing, but stopped short of a formal pledge to refrain from counter-punches. Tariff QuestionOne of the final issues is what will happen to the tariffs the two sides have imposed on about $360 billion of each other’s goods in the past nine months. Trump has suggested that at least some of the tariffs will stay in place, saying they are necessary “for a substantial period of time” to ensure Beijing keeps up its end of the bargain. The text will also include benchmarks, likely set at 90 days and 180 days after signing, by which China is asked to fulfill key pledges, two of the people said, without giving further details. U.S. and Chinese officials are still discussing when the two leaders could sit down to sign off on their trade deal. A meeting date between Trump and Xi could be announced as early as Thursday, people familiar with the plans said. After Xi’s team initially floated a formal state visit to Washington as an option, China has pushed back against a meeting on U.S. soil and wants to instead meet in a neutral third country, the people briefed on the plans said. While White House officials have expressed cautious optimism in recent days about securing a deal in the near future, a U.S. decision to tentatively sell fighter jets to Taiwan may affect the outcome of this week’s talks as well as any Trump-Xi summit, one of the people said. Given the geopolitical sensitivities of such a sale, that issue would likely be raised only when the two leaders meet and is unlikely to be part of the trade negotiations led by Lighthizer. — With assistance by Jenny Leonard, Steven Yang, Jennifer Jacobs, and Saleha Mohsin Before it's here, it's on the Bloomberg Terminal. LEARN MORE

To: Maurice Winn who wrote (147612)	4/4/2019 8:13:15 AM
From: Cogito Ergo Sum	2 Recommendations Recommended By abuelita ggersh Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 217576

*halfwits are not in charge because they were born rich.* There you go again Mq.. Reality is too tough to handle so you create (You do realise that the character in the image is for story purposes made of straw.. Although Ray Bolger was definitely flesh and blood :)) I actually do agree with you on this though.. *They are in charge because of democracy* The problem is that we get a disproportionate number of halfwits BECAUSE THEY are rich and connected... yet stupid and out of touch with the mainstream's issues.. ...