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To: Cogito Ergo Sum who wrote (164519)	11/2/2020 12:48:11 AM
From: TobagoJack	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 217764

don't get me wrong, and to make sure there are no misunderstandings let me reiterate, that I believe - anyone who reckoned that interest rate would rise might be a cretin, moron, imbecile, twit, simpleton, or a knave - otoh I am not keen on covid vaccine for self - perhaps okay for Brazilians - in any case let us see what happens in Brazil reuters.com Brazilians protest mandatory COVID-19 immunization, Chinese vaccine SAO PAULO (Reuters) - More than 300 Brazilians gathered on São Paulo's main commercial thoroughfare on Sunday to protest state Governor João Doria's support for mandatory COVID-19 immunization and testing the potential vaccine developed by China's Sinovac SVA.O. Doria has previously spoken in favor of making immunizations mandatory, once vaccines are available, sparking a spat with President Jair Bolsonaro who vows it will be voluntary. The Supreme Court’s chief justice has said the court will ultimately decide on the issue. A number of vaccines are obligatory in Brazil, including for example Hepatitis B which is given to newborns. Brazil has had great success with large vaccination campaigns in the past, eradicating polio in the 1980s for example. In São Paulo, the Sinovac vaccine is being tested as part of phase III clinical trials with support from the Doria government. Brazil’s federal health ministry announced last month it would buy 46 million doses of the vaccine, contingent on regulatory approval, in a deal supported by state governors. But a day later right-wing President Jair Bolsonaro said that Brazil would not buy the vaccine. Bolsonaro has bashed China intermittently since the campaign trail in 2018, over the Asian countries growing investments and influence in Brazil. The protestors in São Paulo rallied in support of Bolsonaro, with one demonstrator holding a sign saying “We are not guinea pigs” and another in a mask that said “no vaccine.” Many of the tightly packed protestors did not wear masks. “We’re against the authoritarian Chinese ambassador João Doria, who would now make the vaccine compulsory against our wishes,” protestor Andre Petros said. “This doesn’t happen anywhere in the world, not even in China.” Brazil has the third-worst outbreak of coronavirus globally, with 5.5 million cases, after the United States and India, according to a Reuters tally. Reporting by Amanda Perobelli and Pablo Garcia, writing by Jake Spring; editing by Diane Craft

To: Cogito Ergo Sum who wrote (164519)	11/2/2020 8:15:43 AM
From: TobagoJack	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 217764

More coincidences, ala canola oil sort, as opposed to interfering in elections and such Team Australia is gunho to shut itself off from trading by engaging in war against largest customer. Go figure. The Team can call on Pompeo for help. He probably likes wine. What Aussie Neo-people do not appreciate fully is that once one succeeds in creating a situation in which the counter-party has nothing more to lose, is when one starts losing. China-Australia relations: import ban on Australian copper, sugar expected after blocks on lobster, timber, barley scmp.com China has banned imports of Australian timber from Queensland and suspended barley imports from a second grain exporter, while Chinese importers are also bracing for a new round of bans on copper ore and copper concentrate as well as sugar this week in the latest trade escalations between Beijing and Canberra. The new bans occurred over the weekend as clearance of Australian rock lobster shipments was also delayed in Shanghai due to increased import inspections. On Friday, the General Administration of Customs of China (GACC) issued a warning notice to exporters saying that it had found a pest, the bark beetle Ips grandicollis, in imported log timber from Queensland and has banned all log exports from the Australian state. A China foreign ministry spokesman confirmed on Monday that Chinese authorities have repeatedly found “biohazards” in imports of Australian timber. China’s customs agency also said it had found contamination in barley shipments from Australian grain exporter Emerald Grain and had ceased imports from the company from Friday. The contamination was from bromus rigidus, a grasslike weed. Major exporter Emerald Grain collects grain from around 12,000 grower families in New South Wales and Victoria and exports grain out of 17 grain terminals. In September, China suspended barley imports from Australia’s largest grain exporter, CBH Group, after also detecting pests in a shipment. GACC has also revoked CBH Group’s import registration, although the company said that there was no evidence to support the claims of contamination. China is Australia’s largest barley export market, buying around 70 per cent of Australian barley. In May, the industry suffered a blow after China imposed a combined 80.5 per cent anti-dumping and countervailing duty on exports following an 18-month investigation, making Australian barley more expensive to Chinese importers. In Shanghai over the weekend, Chinese customs seized a West Australian rock lobster shipment for laboratory testing. It is understood the shipment was a random sample and there are no details of when the results will be released. While testing is being undertaken, shipments of live lobsters have been stopped from entering China and remain quarantined in warehouses. The Australian Seafood Trade Advisory Group has asked Australian exporters to stop sending live lobsters to China. Australia’s trade minister, Simon Birmingham, said on Monday that the rock lobster shipments were being checked for “metal content levels” and the Australian government and industry groups were seeking further clarification from Beijing. “We understand the concerns of industry in this regard, because of course this type of product is high value, but also has short time frames in terms of safely delivering the product from the Australian oceans to ultimately the marketplace in which they’re sold,” he said. “And so, it’s crucial that timelines are kept to an absolute minimum when it comes to processing … it’s important today that people don’t jump to conclusions about what these delays mean, but enable our seafood industry working together with our diplomats and agricultural representatives to ascertain exactly what the facts are and whether we will be able to resume that trade with confidence [and] that customs processing happens in a timely way.” China is also the main market for nearly all of Australia’s rock lobster exports, worth around A$750 million (US$527 million) last year. China’s state-owned enterprises and private companies have also been informally instructed to stop buying seven categories of Australian products, namely barley, sugar, red wine, logs, coal, lobster, copper ore and concentrate from Friday, according to sources. Goods that arrive at Chinese ports before Friday will be allowed to enter China, but those that arrive after will not be cleared by customs even if they are placed in a bonded warehouse. Chinese importers which have shipments arriving after Friday have been told that they will have to bear the expense of uncleared goods and have been advised to cancel future orders to reduce their losses. Bans on the imports of all products on the list are new except for coal, which had been unofficially curbed two weeks ago, while bans on Australian beef exports and cotton remain in place. Chinese authorities verbally told Chinese steel mills and power stations to stop buying thermal and coking coal, leaving several Australian vessels stranded at Chinese ports and forward orders cancelled. Miner BHP Group confirmed it received deferment requests from Chinese coal customers. No formal notice on the new bans was issued by the Chinese government, with many Chinese traders saying these “verbal bans” could complicate planning and ordering. “This method could even make the conflict between China and Australia worse than the US-China trade war,” said one exporter, who did not want to be named due to the sensitivity of the issue. While China is poised to host one of its biggest trade conferences this week, the China International Import Expo, its relationship with its biggest Asia-Pacific trading partner continues to suffer. The latest round of trade action follows a seven-month conflict that has seen Australian barley hit with new duties and China launching a new anti-dumping investigation into Australian wine.

To: Cogito Ergo Sum who wrote (164519)	11/2/2020 9:41:35 PM
From: TobagoJack	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 217764

Wonder what explains the three charts, of HK Stock Exchange (HKXCY, the foreign share traded in USA of 0388.HK, the company that is the corporatised stock exchange) , vs GLD and Berkshire, for 2-years, 5-years, and for 2020 Trade War? The charts for 2-years and 2020 seems to indicate all-good, and brilliantly so. Message 31347610 finance.yahoo.com

To: Cogito Ergo Sum who wrote (164519)	11/5/2020 8:43:06 PM
From: TobagoJack	Read Replies (2) \| Respond to of 217764

would say the timing of the coincidences targeting Team Australia Neo-people is exquisite even as they are still refusing to repent, and seek salvation, knowing full well there shall not be until regime-change iron shall not be needed from Australia for a while, long enough to cripple and facilitate regime-change, and then, six-days war fashion, a pivot against Team Brazil and jackknife unfriendly federal regime, together w/ local alliance of the willing perhaps Team Australia can call upon Pompeo for help a guess bloomberg.com Australia on Edge as China’s Trade Deadline Arrives Ainslie Chandler 6 November 2020, 08:41 GMT+8 Coal at the Port of Newcastle in New South Wales. Photographer: David Gray/Bloomberg Australian exporters are on high alert on Friday as the deadline arrives for traders in China, its biggest market, to stop buying at least seven categories of the country’s commodities. China’s government has ordered a halt to imports of products including coal, barley, copper ore and concentrate, sugar, timber, wine and lobster, people familiar with the situation said earlier this week. The government has ordered the halt to begin on Friday, one of the people said, asking not to be identified as the information is sensitive. China Turns to Lobsters, Wine and Coal to ‘Punish’ Australia The industries mentioned as targets of trade action by China represented about 7% of Australia’s total goods exports, or A$27.15 billion ($19.7 billion), in 2019-20, Commonwealth Bank Economics said Friday in emailed comments. China’s blacklist -- delivered verbally to commodities traders -- doesn’t cover materials like iron ore or natural gas, where import curbs could unduly damage China’s own economy. Australian Trade Minister Simon Birmingham said the ongoing reports of restrictions on Australian industry are inconsistent with China’s claims that no such discriminatory actions are in place. “We hope that the Chinese government is true to its word and that these issues can be resolved, but there’s no denying the fact that the range and extent of concerns that industry are hearing is deeply troubling,” he said on radio station 5AA. The order represents a dramatic deterioration in ties, which have been strained since Australia barred Huawei Technologies Co. from building its 5G network in 2018 on national security grounds. Relations have been in free fall since Prime Minister Scott Morrison’s government in April called for an independent probe into the origins of the coronavirus. China has already barred meat imports from several Australian meatworks, delayed lobster shipments from clearing customs, applied tariffs of more than 80% to barley, and said it won’t allow timber from Queensland state because of pests. Wine is also under an anti-dumping investigation while Chinese power stations and steel mills have been told to stop using Australian coal. Cotton purchases have also been suspended. Australia is working through the issues “commodity by commodity” and will continue to work collaboratively with officials in Beijing, agriculture minister David Littleproud said Friday on radio station 4BC. “We are a rules-based global trading partner, and we expect those that we trade with, in fact, to stick to those rules as well,” he said. Before it's here, it's on the Bloomberg Terminal. LEARN MORE