This round Xijinping must have learned about NO NEGOTIATION, Dotard will not honor any agreement. You let Kim Jong Nuke signed deal in Pee Sai = DOTARD RESTARTS TRADE WAR! Learn Mr. Civilized Xijinping! Give Kim Jong Nuke the Dong Feng ICBMs & 500 warheads. Force him to launch ASAP!
CIVILIZED WAYS = SUICIDE! BLOOD NOW!
We don't need anyone to give up or back-out, we need blood we need death toll, we need corpses, we need permanent and firmly irreversible results. Death is good because it is firmly irreversible. The result is very stable, when massive death takes place, everything is clean and fresh afterwards.
The ultimate perfection is massive nuke! Make no mistake about it!
https://www.washingtonpost.com/news...avidson/?noredirect=on&utm_term=.7632acf93067
As Trump’s trade war kicks off, Europe celebrates tariff-hit Harley-Davidson
by Rick Noack July 6 at 7:23 AM Email the author
A biker attends the Harley-Davidson 115th anniversary celebration in Prague, on July 5, 2018. (Photo by MARTIN DIVISEK/EPA-EFE/REX/Shutterstock)
BERLIN — All eyes were on Washington and Beijing as President Trump's first real trade war took its first bites on Friday.
But one of the day's most instructive cautionary tales took place in the heart of Europe. The iconic U.S. motorcycle company Harley-Davidson celebrated its 115th birthday Friday in Prague, the capital of the Czech Republic. (A separate birthday event will be held later this year at the company's Milwaukee headquarters.)
The Prague bash — which is expected to bring up to 100,000 fans through Sunday — was planned long before Harley-Davidson became the latest victim of Trump's tariff tumult.
Harley-Davidson announced last week its decision to move some work abroad to escape tariffs on motorcycle imports that the European Union has imposed in response to the president’s earlier tariffs on steel and aluminum. The E.U. tariffs, Harley-Davidson said, would have made motorcycles $2,200 more expensive on average, but there was a way out: to produce them somewhere else.
Europe may only account for about 16 percent of Harley-Davidson sales compared to about 50 percent in the United States, but the company still appears willing to draw the president's ire to defend its slice of the market in countries such as Germany, Britain and France.
[China fires back as Trump's trade war becomes reality]
This week's Prague celebration indicates where the company hopes to win over new, younger customers within the next few years. Brands like Harley-Davidson have a global marketplace, which was on full display with the Prague bikefest. That reality had run headlong into Trump's America First agenda, showing that U.S. companies are likely to take action if the Trump trade policies begin to hurt their bottom lines.
Harley-Davidson was an extra sting to Trump after he touted its U.S. factories. Writing on Twitter last week, Trump said he was “surprised that Harley-Davidson, of all companies, would be the first to wave the White Flag . . . I fought hard for them.”
This week, Trump doubled down on his comments, directly threatening the company. “Now that Harley-Davidson is moving part of its operation out of the U.S., my Administration is working with other Motor Cycle companies who want to move into the U.S.,” Trump wrote on Twitter. Harley-Davidson did not immediately respond to an emailed request for comment on Friday.
0:55
Harley-Davidson revs up plant in Thailand
The Harley-Davidson plant in Thailand that President Trump cited will help the company avoid high tariffs. (Reuters)
The president's attacks on their beloved brand were also discussed by some of the tens of thousands of fans who have joined the Prague celebrations since Thursday, according to the Milwaukee Journal Sentinel. While some attendees interviewed by the paper voiced favorable opinions about Trump — for instance, citing disproportionately high tariffs the European Union imposes on U.S. automotive imports — others feared what may yet be to come.
“Some of the decisions Trump’s come up with, I think, are incredibly detrimental to America,” British Harley-Davidson fan Adrian Adrian Percival told the Journal Sentinel. “I think it’s forced companies to start thinking about producing outside of the United States to supply into Europe and the rest of the world.”
In the short run, tariffs may force U.S. brands to move some of their production overseas and result in layoffs among European or Chinese companies directly affected by tariffs.
But in the long run, the measures could cause much more extensive damage to the international economy. Europe now both fears that the U.S. trade war with China may have ripple effect on its economy and that Trump may eventually impose similar measures on the European Union itself.
To some Harley-Davidson fans in Prague, there might be one core advantage to all the drama: their favorite U.S. brand could finally feel a bit more European. The reality, however, is that their motorcycles will now be produced in India, Brazil or Thailand.
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Here are the products China and the US are targeting in their trade war
John W. Schoen | @johnwschoen
Published 1:43 PM ET Thu, 5 July 2018 Updated 10 Hours Ago
CNBC.com
Jason Lee | Reuters
A worker packs bottles of soybean oil made from U.S. imported soybeans at the plant of Liangyou Industry and Trade Co., in Qufu, China, July 4, 2018.
President Donald Trump has vowed that "trade wars are good and easy to win." But as the U.S. on Friday made good on threats to impose steep trade tariffs on China, it was hard to identify any beneficiaries.
And because Trump has spurned long-standing rules that call for trade disputes to be handled by the World Trade Organization, there is little hope for a short-term resolution, according to Matthew Gold, a former U.S. trade negotiator.
“The other countries involved really can’t negotiate,” he said. “The only option is to retaliate.”
As of midnight Washington time, the Trump administration began imposing tariffs on as much as 25 percent on $34 billion in Chinese imports. In response, China implemented retaliatory tariffs on some imports from the U.S., said its foreign ministry, according to a Reuters report.
The Trump administration initiated the dispute in April, announcing the tariffs and accusing China of using “unfair” tactics to build a large trade surplus with the U.S. and expropriating American technology. The White House has also pressed Congress to tighten rules on Chinese investment in U.S. technology.
“These tariffs are essential to preventing further unfair transfers of American technology and intellectual property to China, which will protect American jobs,” Trump said.
Despite the urging of business groups and lawmakers to negotiate a truce, there was little sign Friday that the two sides would reach a compromise anytime soon. Beijing and Washington had held several rounds of high-level talks since early May, but the Trump administration has said it is considering expanding the list of targeted Chinese imports. Trump has threatened additional 10 percent tariffs on another $200 billion in Chinese goods if Beijing proceeds with its own retaliatory tariffs.
When China retaliates, higher tariffs will hit American exports from cars to soybeans. That would bring the trade war home to states that rely on agriculture and manufacturing, many of which supported Trump in the 2016 presidential election. American soybean farmers send about 60 percent of their crop to China.
So far, the tariffs represent a relatively small portion of U.S. China trade. That means the immediate economic impact of the trade war could be limited for both sides, another reason some analysts expect the dispute to linger for some time.
Economists have warned that a full-blown trade war, especially if it drags on for more than a year, could slow the U.S. economy.
“If we think about supply chain disruptions, think about stock market effects, about business uncertainty, reduced private sector confidence, all of these are already having an effect on the economy and are already weighing on economic momentum,” said Greg Daco, an economist with Capital Economics.
In the meantime, individual companies and regions will be hit harder than others.
Ford said Thursday it will hold the line on prices of its higher-margin luxury Lincoln models imported into China, absorbing the cost of higher tariffs and taking a hit to the bottom line rather than increase sticker prices. Last year, Ford shipped about 80,000 vehicles to China from North America, more than half of them were higher-margin Lincolns.
Other U.S. exporters facing higher tariffs in China will have a tough choice. They can either take a profit hit, or try to pass along the higher cost to Chinese consumers, thus making their products less competitive.
Though China’s tariff target list is light on consumer products, it includes billions of dollars worth of imported machinery and components that go into finished goods made in the U.S. That means American manufacturers will have to pay more for parts and equipment, raising prices for American consumers and making their products less competitive in foreign markets.
American companies aren’t the only ones facing the tariff squeeze. German automaker Daimler AG has warned that this years’ pre-tax profits would be lower than last year because of higher tariffs on its high-margin Mercedes-Benz sports utility vehicles exported from the U.S. into China.
Trump has also triggered a trade fight with Canada, Mexico and the European Union over steel and aluminum and has threatened to impose duties on European cars. The White House is also pressuring Canada and Mexico to rewrite the North American Free Trade Agreement and shift more auto production to the U.S.
With Trump pressing the trade war on multiple fronts, there’s little sign the administration will ease up on its demands or reach a resolution with key U.S. trade partners, according to Gold.
“I don’t think he is going to back down,” he said “I think he is going to dig this dangerous hole deeper."
WATCH: Winning trade wars is a myth: Expert
Winning trade wars is a myth: Expert 3:02 PM ET Thu, 5 July 2018 | 05:55
(Reuters and AP contributed.)
John W. SchoenCNBC.com Economics Reporter
CIVILIZED WAYS = SUICIDE! BLOOD NOW!
We don't need anyone to give up or back-out, we need blood we need death toll, we need corpses, we need permanent and firmly irreversible results. Death is good because it is firmly irreversible. The result is very stable, when massive death takes place, everything is clean and fresh afterwards.
The ultimate perfection is massive nuke! Make no mistake about it!
https://www.washingtonpost.com/news...avidson/?noredirect=on&utm_term=.7632acf93067
As Trump’s trade war kicks off, Europe celebrates tariff-hit Harley-Davidson
by Rick Noack July 6 at 7:23 AM Email the author
A biker attends the Harley-Davidson 115th anniversary celebration in Prague, on July 5, 2018. (Photo by MARTIN DIVISEK/EPA-EFE/REX/Shutterstock)
BERLIN — All eyes were on Washington and Beijing as President Trump's first real trade war took its first bites on Friday.
But one of the day's most instructive cautionary tales took place in the heart of Europe. The iconic U.S. motorcycle company Harley-Davidson celebrated its 115th birthday Friday in Prague, the capital of the Czech Republic. (A separate birthday event will be held later this year at the company's Milwaukee headquarters.)
The Prague bash — which is expected to bring up to 100,000 fans through Sunday — was planned long before Harley-Davidson became the latest victim of Trump's tariff tumult.
Harley-Davidson announced last week its decision to move some work abroad to escape tariffs on motorcycle imports that the European Union has imposed in response to the president’s earlier tariffs on steel and aluminum. The E.U. tariffs, Harley-Davidson said, would have made motorcycles $2,200 more expensive on average, but there was a way out: to produce them somewhere else.
Europe may only account for about 16 percent of Harley-Davidson sales compared to about 50 percent in the United States, but the company still appears willing to draw the president's ire to defend its slice of the market in countries such as Germany, Britain and France.
[China fires back as Trump's trade war becomes reality]
This week's Prague celebration indicates where the company hopes to win over new, younger customers within the next few years. Brands like Harley-Davidson have a global marketplace, which was on full display with the Prague bikefest. That reality had run headlong into Trump's America First agenda, showing that U.S. companies are likely to take action if the Trump trade policies begin to hurt their bottom lines.
Harley-Davidson was an extra sting to Trump after he touted its U.S. factories. Writing on Twitter last week, Trump said he was “surprised that Harley-Davidson, of all companies, would be the first to wave the White Flag . . . I fought hard for them.”
This week, Trump doubled down on his comments, directly threatening the company. “Now that Harley-Davidson is moving part of its operation out of the U.S., my Administration is working with other Motor Cycle companies who want to move into the U.S.,” Trump wrote on Twitter. Harley-Davidson did not immediately respond to an emailed request for comment on Friday.
0:55
Harley-Davidson revs up plant in Thailand
The Harley-Davidson plant in Thailand that President Trump cited will help the company avoid high tariffs. (Reuters)
The president's attacks on their beloved brand were also discussed by some of the tens of thousands of fans who have joined the Prague celebrations since Thursday, according to the Milwaukee Journal Sentinel. While some attendees interviewed by the paper voiced favorable opinions about Trump — for instance, citing disproportionately high tariffs the European Union imposes on U.S. automotive imports — others feared what may yet be to come.
“Some of the decisions Trump’s come up with, I think, are incredibly detrimental to America,” British Harley-Davidson fan Adrian Adrian Percival told the Journal Sentinel. “I think it’s forced companies to start thinking about producing outside of the United States to supply into Europe and the rest of the world.”
In the short run, tariffs may force U.S. brands to move some of their production overseas and result in layoffs among European or Chinese companies directly affected by tariffs.
But in the long run, the measures could cause much more extensive damage to the international economy. Europe now both fears that the U.S. trade war with China may have ripple effect on its economy and that Trump may eventually impose similar measures on the European Union itself.
To some Harley-Davidson fans in Prague, there might be one core advantage to all the drama: their favorite U.S. brand could finally feel a bit more European. The reality, however, is that their motorcycles will now be produced in India, Brazil or Thailand.
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Here are the products China and the US are targeting in their trade war
John W. Schoen | @johnwschoen
Published 1:43 PM ET Thu, 5 July 2018 Updated 10 Hours Ago
CNBC.com
Jason Lee | Reuters
A worker packs bottles of soybean oil made from U.S. imported soybeans at the plant of Liangyou Industry and Trade Co., in Qufu, China, July 4, 2018.
President Donald Trump has vowed that "trade wars are good and easy to win." But as the U.S. on Friday made good on threats to impose steep trade tariffs on China, it was hard to identify any beneficiaries.
And because Trump has spurned long-standing rules that call for trade disputes to be handled by the World Trade Organization, there is little hope for a short-term resolution, according to Matthew Gold, a former U.S. trade negotiator.
“The other countries involved really can’t negotiate,” he said. “The only option is to retaliate.”
As of midnight Washington time, the Trump administration began imposing tariffs on as much as 25 percent on $34 billion in Chinese imports. In response, China implemented retaliatory tariffs on some imports from the U.S., said its foreign ministry, according to a Reuters report.
The Trump administration initiated the dispute in April, announcing the tariffs and accusing China of using “unfair” tactics to build a large trade surplus with the U.S. and expropriating American technology. The White House has also pressed Congress to tighten rules on Chinese investment in U.S. technology.
“These tariffs are essential to preventing further unfair transfers of American technology and intellectual property to China, which will protect American jobs,” Trump said.
Despite the urging of business groups and lawmakers to negotiate a truce, there was little sign Friday that the two sides would reach a compromise anytime soon. Beijing and Washington had held several rounds of high-level talks since early May, but the Trump administration has said it is considering expanding the list of targeted Chinese imports. Trump has threatened additional 10 percent tariffs on another $200 billion in Chinese goods if Beijing proceeds with its own retaliatory tariffs.
When China retaliates, higher tariffs will hit American exports from cars to soybeans. That would bring the trade war home to states that rely on agriculture and manufacturing, many of which supported Trump in the 2016 presidential election. American soybean farmers send about 60 percent of their crop to China.
So far, the tariffs represent a relatively small portion of U.S. China trade. That means the immediate economic impact of the trade war could be limited for both sides, another reason some analysts expect the dispute to linger for some time.
Economists have warned that a full-blown trade war, especially if it drags on for more than a year, could slow the U.S. economy.
“If we think about supply chain disruptions, think about stock market effects, about business uncertainty, reduced private sector confidence, all of these are already having an effect on the economy and are already weighing on economic momentum,” said Greg Daco, an economist with Capital Economics.
In the meantime, individual companies and regions will be hit harder than others.
Ford said Thursday it will hold the line on prices of its higher-margin luxury Lincoln models imported into China, absorbing the cost of higher tariffs and taking a hit to the bottom line rather than increase sticker prices. Last year, Ford shipped about 80,000 vehicles to China from North America, more than half of them were higher-margin Lincolns.
Other U.S. exporters facing higher tariffs in China will have a tough choice. They can either take a profit hit, or try to pass along the higher cost to Chinese consumers, thus making their products less competitive.
Though China’s tariff target list is light on consumer products, it includes billions of dollars worth of imported machinery and components that go into finished goods made in the U.S. That means American manufacturers will have to pay more for parts and equipment, raising prices for American consumers and making their products less competitive in foreign markets.
American companies aren’t the only ones facing the tariff squeeze. German automaker Daimler AG has warned that this years’ pre-tax profits would be lower than last year because of higher tariffs on its high-margin Mercedes-Benz sports utility vehicles exported from the U.S. into China.
Trump has also triggered a trade fight with Canada, Mexico and the European Union over steel and aluminum and has threatened to impose duties on European cars. The White House is also pressuring Canada and Mexico to rewrite the North American Free Trade Agreement and shift more auto production to the U.S.
With Trump pressing the trade war on multiple fronts, there’s little sign the administration will ease up on its demands or reach a resolution with key U.S. trade partners, according to Gold.
“I don’t think he is going to back down,” he said “I think he is going to dig this dangerous hole deeper."
WATCH: Winning trade wars is a myth: Expert
Winning trade wars is a myth: Expert 3:02 PM ET Thu, 5 July 2018 | 05:55
(Reuters and AP contributed.)
John W. SchoenCNBC.com Economics Reporter
