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iccarus
· 5 years ago
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hope they do that, just because Trump thinks it, doesn't mean it's true
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guest_
· 5 years ago
Are we so quick to forget that China banned major US brands over their own concerns first? It’s a little hypocritical to retaliate against a precedent you yourself set. It would be like telling all your friends you aren’t buying presents for people anymore and then getting mad when no one buys you a present. China does just fine without Google and something tells me the US can get along just fine without a brand of Chinese cell phones. It’s not like they banned all Chinese phones- a good percentage of phones in the US are made in China already.
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iccarus
· 5 years ago
yeah, that's the point, if China stopped allowing manufacturing of phones for the US, the US will be forced to buy elsewhere at a much higher cost
guest_
· 5 years ago
Yes and no. Trade is more complex than the surface. China has other large markets for phones, but losing the US would still hurt them, and there are other countries for companies to do business with to secure manufacturing. China’s economy largely relies on being a global supplier of goods. It’s unlikely companies would abandon the US market over such a thing- so long term they’d likely find and set up another supplier that doesn’t have the antagonistic relationship or at least the power to cause trouble.
guest_
· 5 years ago
All in all the world will keep spinning and even if the price of phones goes up in the US it’s unlikely to do so catastrophically. Large conglomerates can shift profit and cost across their various profit sources or even take slight decreases in profitability to remain cost competitive.
guest_
· 5 years ago
There is just as much change in the long term that China banning export of phones to the US could work out very poorly for them and just fine for us. If Starbucks suddenly refused to sell coffee on the US, companies like Pete’s would make a killing. China has the population for a strong economy but that population can also work against it as well. The biggest economic impact from things like this comes from people’s blind panic influencing market decisions- not from the actual results of a change. What will be will be, but I personally don’t think we should let China push us around. We told them we don’t want Their barns for the same reasons they banned ours. If they want to allow our stuff in maybe it’s worth talking. Otherwise- we can find someone else who won’t take their ball and go home for following the rules they already set up.
