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To: TobagoJack who wrote (149932)	8/9/2019 12:51:30 PM
From: Rarebird	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 217764

Biden is on record saying China is not a threat. I don't like him because he is a hawk, militarily speaking. As for China, I would have handled things completely different than Trump. Sure there are intellectual property violations. Having lived in NYC for over 50 years, I saw many Chinese individuals come in restaurants and diners selling DVDs for $1. Everyone in USA knows about intellectual property violations. But tariffs are a sick, even more self-destructive way to deal with that. I am more of a laissrz-faire liberal. I love the Cantonese. They are free spirits. I am neutral toward Chinese in mainland. They are more rigid and inflexible. In NYC, mainland Chinese immigrants don't like the Cantonese. They say they are non-observant and non-traditional. Cantonese are free thinkers, very Western. Most Taiwanese are like Koreans and bond with Koreans in NYC. Most Taiwanese already have their mind made up. No point to dialogue. Cantonese are very cool and hip in NYC.

To: TobagoJack who wrote (149932)	8/9/2019 4:47:50 PM
From: Gemlaoshi	4 Recommendations Recommended By carranza2 dvdw© elmatador ggersh Read Replies (4) \| Respond to of 217764

I know I'm a heretic to the present narrative of tariff this and retaliate that, but the concept of large transnational corporations tied to a single nation-state is so 20th century. Exxon, Boeing, Apple, Facebook, Google, Microsoft, etc. etc. are trillion $ transnational corporations that are borderless in a world where fewer than 20 countries have a $1 trillion GDP. They conduct their own diplomacy, make their own deals, and write their own regulatory rules. As Jack Welch said a few years ago, "GE is American in America, German in Germany, and Brazilian in Brazil." I assume GE is also Chinese in China. Whatever the trade/tariff outcome, the large transnationals (including Huawei) will do OK. They are nimble enough to arbitrage whatever potential roadblocks placed in their pathway and powerful enough to throw their weight around. If it does get painful, Trump will change his tune overnight because their lobbying clout in DC is powerful. But to even insinuate the possibility of WMD in a trade spat is sheer insanity. I haven't heard a single anti-Chinese comment and get no sense that there is any anti-Chinese animosity over trade (but I'm sure CNN and Fox News will be on the scene of the first China bashers). Americans are not going to riot in the streets just so ADM and Cargill can sell more soybeans.