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99Forever

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1. How long till Germany put a HUGE tariff..

Reply to Zalatix (Original post)

Sat Aug 4, 2012, 10:01 PM

Aug 2012

.. or bans China's dumping into their market?

China has been sticking it to US for decades, with a completely tilted trade policy with the USA, but the 1%ers make sure we can't do squat about it. The German people won't take it quite so gracefully. Maybe we shouldn't either.

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Why PROTECTIONISM works. Case in point: China. [View all] Zalatix Aug 2012 OP

How long till Germany put a HUGE tariff.. 99Forever Aug 2012 #1

Exactly. We can respond to Chinese protectionism with American protectionism. Zalatix Aug 2012 #3

Sure as long as you don't mind sharp_stick Aug 2012 #2

Obama has responded to Chinese protectionism with some big tariffs... about 31%, I believe. Zalatix Aug 2012 #5

Actually the US tariffs Obama imposed were up to 250%, according to the article. pampango Aug 2012 #9

Obama, doing tariffs? Didn't you say that was a Republican thing? Zalatix Aug 2012 #11

Across-the-board tariff increases were a "republican thing" for 100 years unti Reagan. pampango Aug 2012 #13

Define "across the board". You mean Smoot Hawley? No one was arguing for that. Zalatix Aug 2012 #15

The Chinese economy is a 1%ers DREAM. Slave labor, Unaccountable pollution, Disdain for human rights JaneyVee Aug 2012 #4

Romney's kind of place. xtraxritical Aug 2012 #6

Yep. And every dollar stuck in Wall St only assures more of the same. raouldukelives Aug 2012 #16

Full steam ahead for China Franker65 Aug 2012 #7

China is only cornering the market on solar because the gov't heavily subsidizes their firms. Selatius Aug 2012 #8

+1 uponit7771 Aug 2012 #12

k/r nt Union Scribe Aug 2012 #10

It only works for China because we haven't retaliated (as we should have). badtoworse Aug 2012 #14

Wanting to emulate Chinas economy is nuts at best. nt. NCTraveler Aug 2012 #17

Protectionism works for whoever practices it, just look around. Populist_Prole Aug 2012 #18