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HereSince1628

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2. Isn't the point of their economic expansion to move away from dependence on US consumer market?

Reply to JNelson6563 (Reply #1)

Wed Jul 20, 2016, 08:18 AM

Jul 2016

As their internal consumption rises, our importance as a consumer would seem to diminish...
Similarly, as consumer capacity grows across southern and southeastern Asia don't our consumer markets diminish in importance?

The US and China in economic competition and it's something of an existential threat to life as we have known it. Unwanted change to life-style imposed by political choice of a competitor is sort of the uncut cloth of conflict.

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There is too much commerce at stake. JNelson6563 Jul 2016 #1

Isn't the point of their economic expansion to move away from dependence on US consumer market? HereSince1628 Jul 2016 #2

No doubt but it is slow going. JNelson6563 Jul 2016 #3

I think they see a Chinese dominated economic zone from India to New Guinea HereSince1628 Jul 2016 #4

Let's hope the world's largest dictatorship crumples apart uhnope Jul 2016 #5

we can only hope! TroyJackson Jul 2016 #7

From your mouth to God's ears meow2u3 Jul 2016 #9

Not really... too much money at stake. Adrahil Jul 2016 #6

No. Not really. Statistical Jul 2016 #8