Chinese Factories Are Collapsing Under Tariffs

Asmongold Reacts to: U.S. Tariffs Hit Hard, Chinese Factories Collapse, Selling Equipment, Worse Than the Pandemic

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threadfin said:

Asmongold Reacts to: U.S. Tariffs Hit Hard, Chinese Factories Collapse, Selling Equipment, Worse Than the Pandemic

by ‪@ChinaObserver

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Don't under-estimate the CCP's intelligence, otherwise President Xi would not have the confidence to retaliate America with higher Tariffs.

Most AMDK analysts they look down on Cina man… VP Vance is a good example

myfoot123 said:

Don't under-estimate the CCP's intelligence, otherwise President Xi would not have the confidence to retaliate America with higher Tariffs.

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ChinaObserver is a Trump propaganda media

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The U.S. Customs and Border Protection is experiencing technical issues that are delaying the implementation of tariffs on Chinese imports. A recent report states that a "customs glitch" is hindering the enforcement of new tariff rates, contributing to economic uncertainty and market volatility. More like ownself sabo ownself

Nooooooo not only the factorlees
The sky and Trumph is also falling

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China collapse, the world too will follow. They are the biggest market currently. LVMH, Chanel sells more in China than any where else till recently.
Same with cars until EV became prominent. Tesla big market is still China.

Trump should watch this video. Even their robotaxi is equipped with radars and lasers to be fully autonomous driving, compared to TESLA which die die will omit the use of radars and lasers. Watch also how the whole factory's assembly lines are filled with robotic arms and one don't really see many human interventions. And the best part is it can work 24/7, but from my working experience with robotics, it'll definitely need to allocate certain number of hours per 24 or maximum, 48 hours of operation for compulsory routine maintenance and replenishment of consumables. Otherwise, it'll be asking for trouble. It's mind blowing. How the fuck can Trump bring back American jobs in automobile manufacturing with so much automation? Even taxi drivers may eventually be eliminated.

In my opinion, America has passed the lost era of manufacturing. Trump, his naive American supporters and those Trumptard Minions in this forum should resign to the fate that Americans must do what they can do best: stick to provide services, high end R&D and high value jobs. This is the only way to be ahead of its competitors and to prosper even more into the future.

I Visited a Chinese Automated Factory – America Should Be Worried!​

Just made 5k on the rebound and just bought an Ipad 2025 128gb for $400...let them fight i say

knowwhatyouwantinlife said:

Just made 5k on the rebound and just bought an Ipad 2025 128gb for $400...let them fight i say

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You bought a US product made in China.

1.There were reports that some, if not most, China factories & supply chains had to shut down as they faced losses from the tariffs dispute & leaders on both sides refusal to negotiate.

In China, the leaders call the shots. Everyone else are just numbers, but numbers add up. Those numbers are only fellow Humans, whose only aim is to earn an honest living to put food on the table for loved ones. regardless of race, language, religion or political affiliation.


2.While it may cost more for China Entrepreneurs to export to its biggest market, but many other Nations have no such tariffs or with only smaller amounts such as custom duties, etc.

The drawback is that most of those Nations have little spending power, as well as they too have resources of their own & industries that they need to protect in order to create jobs for their citizens to put food on the table for their loved ones too,......


3. Thus a need for China entrepreneurs to research on the needs, this time more HONEST over quality & deliveries & not have any grandstanding ambitions about superiority in any form. Humans are not stupid. One can fool another one time, but not all the time.

While a dishonest trader may presume he can amass great wealth by cheating others by QUANTITY, others whom had been fooled will REJECT any dealings with the con artistes for ALL time. All it takes is only just a few dollars to KNOW the QUALITY of a person, so they don't mind spending that money, than to be fooled Forever.


4. Send out Biz Development managers or best Sales representative to all parts of the World, to search for buyers, to share, discuss & find solutions instead, than to just simply give up. Hope exists for each fellow Human, as Hope does spring eternal to those whom roll up their sleeves than to cry or play blame games......


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Willamshakespear said:

1.There were reports that some, if not most, China factories & supply chains had to shut down as they faced losses from the tariffs dispute & leaders on both sides refusal to negotiate.

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Factories will shut if it cannot clear it's finished products.
It cannot anyhow sell that product elsewhere as it's a contractual obligation. It needs to wait for it's buyers response on how to solve the mess.

Biggest trading partner is ASEAN. US is just in third place. So I dunno why people keep saying US biggest consumer market. If ASEAN becomes a EU single market, it's just as big as EU or US

syed putra said:

Biggest trading partner is ASEAN. US is just in third place. So I dunno why people keep saying US biggest consumer market. If ASEAN becomes a EU single market, it's just as big as EU or US
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Thank you Mr Syed Putra for taking the effort to reply & show the figures.

HOWEVER, do you not even begin to realize that the CCP govt of China had MADE USE of pacifist Nations of ASEAN as a GATEWAY to export its goods to USA, meaning while China exports its goods to ASEAN Nations, it is then either thru many means to send such goods to USA?

Take for example the sad example of Nvidia chips. Singapore is only a small nation, but yet ordered a HUGE amount of such chips, far more that we will ever need for decades, & after INVESTIGATIONS - where did those chips eventually went to? Such are only chips found & investigated in Singapore. WHAT ELSE had been sent & received by other Nations whom are laxed in their Rule of Laws?

China does import goods from USA, critical ones thru ASEAN, just as it exports its goods to USA thru ASEAN Nations. How much of such traffic went unnoticed by mainstream trade agencies & the ordinary layman whom have no access to National Intelligence on Department of Economics Directorate?

My thread on another post of mine to spare the inhabitants of China is not about what leaders of Nations do, nor attempt to teach or educate them.

I am only an insignificant nobody, & my aim is only to help fellow Humans, such as those honest entrepreneurs now in China whom are the drivers of the China Economy for everyone & created jobs, but were sidelined & even imprisoned out of fears by the CPP govt over CONTROL, - for them to deal DIRECTLY with companies Worldwide, establish meaningful & enduring trust on both sides to put food on the table for loved ones to survive as well as opportunities for fellow Humans of the Chinese People to be gainfully employed to provide food for their own loved ones too under fair conditions under honest means, while well fed & well provided leaders lock horns.


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threadfin said:

Asmongold Reacts to: U.S. Tariffs Hit Hard, Chinese Factories Collapse, Selling Equipment, Worse Than the Pandemic

by ‪@ChinaObserver

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Trump is shutting down all the loopholes PRC exporters are using to export to US.

syed putra said:

China collapse, the world too will follow. They are the biggest market currently. LVMH, Chanel sells more in China than any where else till recently.
Same with cars until EV became prominent. Tesla big market is still China.

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60 to 69 years ago when tiongcock was a closed cuntry with mao ccp the world market thrived without a single useful product from ccp. the only useful product sold by ccp in sg then was the cheap ah pek singlet and may be the thin towel used by ah pek and ah por to clean their genitalia after a shower. world markets will not only survive but thrive again with a closed or collapsed tiongcock. the only cheap ccp product that unkers worldwide will miss is the rotten atb abalone.