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This is quite crazy. According to former Assistant Secretary of Defense Chas Freeman (one of the rare senior US officials that I admire), the Trump administration couldn't even explain to the Japanese negotiating team what they were looking to achieve with the tariffs. Here's what Freeman said: "The Japanese have just been in Washington. Their experience apparently was they went to talk to the American leadership on this matter, and the American leadership said 'what are you offering?' And the Japanese said 'well, what is it that you want?' And the Americans could not explain what they wanted." Freeman also noted, correctly, that "the United States [broke] virtually every agreement it has agreed to in recent decades including the replacement for NAFTA with proposed tariffs on Canada and Mexico that was negotiated by Mr. Trump in his first term." Which doesn't exactly encourage countries to make a deal with Trump: what's the point? Which is why Freeman believes that China won't go for negotiations and has instead decided to "wait [America] out". As he puts it: "What is [China's] incentive to negotiate with the US when the US has no stated objectives that make sense and no record of compliance with its own agreements? I think the Chinese have decided they will wait us out and see how Americans like Walmart and Amazon denuded of products." Fundamentally and somewhat paradoxically, that's the thing Trump the self-anointed "dealmaker" obviously doesn't get: at the end of the day dealmaking is built on credibility and consistency, and America has now neither.

DJ, Even Japan, South Korea can not do any deals any longer with this US...

Based on "economic statistics" US has up to 30% of global consumer demand..."so every country needs to do bussiness with the US"...However a few problems; The US "pays with debts"...In more realistic GDP-PPP US market may be closer to the 4% of global population...

Transport costs make deals with the US extra costly. Asia has 70% of the global population. EurAsAf (Europe-Asia-Africa) over 80%...and a lot of transport may be done at lower costs...

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Dutch Josh 2 Members Profile Send Private Message Find Members Posts Add to Buddy List Admin Group Joined: 21 Aug 2024 Status: Offline Points: 1856	Post Options Post Reply Quote Dutch Josh 2 Report Post Thanks(0) Quote Reply Posted: 18 hours 52 minutes ago at 8:51pm
	Iran talks; BRICS+ position is Iran has every right for its nuclear energy program. Iran has a right to have defense forces. BRICS+ will welcome a nuclear weapon free Middle East. ..trump may be under pressure by his "donors/owners" to replace the UKraine war with a US war with Iran. -The UKraine war still is NOT over...the US has "limited room" to get out of that (US made) war... -US/USrael are VERY isolated if they would attack Iran (now)... -BRICS+ has Iran as a "strategic member" and will NOT accept any major military action by US/USrael... In the economic war the US is losing the tarif war...In the PR-war "Chinese peasants" backfired...It is very easy to dislike the present US fascist regime...

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	DJ, Maybe most remarkable may be the Chinese PR-war victory...Even Judge Napolitano playing short Chinese video's explaining on why China is now in such a strong position. YES China did accept low pay jobs from the US moving to China 30-40 years ago...YES China did make money from it.. The reason why China is now the global #1 is China invested in education, infrastructure, production capacity and diplomacy; creating "win-win-situations" around the globe... Like the EU also BRICS+ may disagree on lots of issues...may not even have one currency..But that position offers flexibility and safety... Countries were able to make deals with a EU-member to see it "balanced" by other countries...Making a "deal" with the US brings the US "much to close"... The EU wasted its international position by NOT having their own foreign policy agenda any longer...Hiding behind the US -a "united west"- made the world a worse place... So BRICS+ replaced the EU...and keeps growing for now. "The west" underestimated BRICS+ and western "sanctions" only made BRICS+ bloom... DJ-It is in the interest OF THE WEST !!!! to stop its confrontation/exploitation neo-colonialism and racism...The "rest" only is increasing joining forces... DJ-The EU/Europe may be in a better position to "work" with BRICS+ then the (arrogant "#1") US. In my view high speed growth of both NATO and EU destabilized both organizations... It is in the interest of NATO to develop into a global disaster relief organization...Saving people not killing people...

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According to former Assistant Secretary of Defense Chas Freeman (one of the rare senior US officials that I admire), the Trump administration couldn't even explain to the Japanese negotiating team what they were looking to achieve with the tariffs. Here's what Freeman said: "The Japanese have just been in Washington. Their experience apparently was they went to talk to the American leadership on this matter, and the American leadership said 'what are you offering?' And the Japanese said 'well, what is it that you want?' And the Americans could not explain what they wanted." Freeman also noted, correctly, that "the United States [broke] virtually every agreement it has agreed to in recent decades including the replacement for NAFTA with proposed tariffs on Canada and Mexico that was negotiated by Mr. Trump in his first term." Which doesn't exactly encourage countries to make a deal with Trump: what's the point? Which is why Freeman believes that China won't go for negotiations and has instead decided to "wait [America] out". As he puts it: "What is [China's] incentive to negotiate with the US when the US has no stated objectives that make sense and no record of compliance with its own agreements? I think the Chinese have decided they will wait us out and see how Americans like Walmart and Amazon denuded of products." Fundamentally and somewhat paradoxically, that's the thing Trump the self-anointed "dealmaker" obviously doesn't get: at the end of the day dealmaking is built on credibility and consistency, and America has now neither. DJ, Even Japan, South Korea can not do any deals any longer with this US... Based on "economic statistics" US has up to 30% of global consumer demand..."so every country needs to do bussiness with the US"...However a few problems; The US "pays with debts"...In more realistic GDP-PPP US market may be closer to the 4% of global population... Transport costs make deals with the US extra costly. Asia has 70% of the global population. EurAsAf (Europe-Asia-Africa) over 80%...and a lot of transport may be done at lower costs...