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    From marctomarket.com

    There are several moving pieces in the broad macro story that are not going to be resolved in coming days. Although President Trump is playing down a "trade war" with China, it is difficult to see the basis for a deal when he meets with China's Xi at the end of the month in South Korea. The US is not about to relax its chokehold on advance semiconductor technology or allow subsidiaries of sanctioned Chinese companies to provide a loophole. Nor does it appear likely that Beijing would jettison its export licensing requirements for rare earths, processing technology, and EV battery technology. It also does not seem ... (full story)

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doctor77
Oct 19, 2025 2:10am
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President Trump is not digging deep to deal with Xi. Xi is not the problem. He has to deal with the millions of XI in China by brainwashing the millions of Xi that will act as resistance to America democratic policy. Let him penetrate into China by spreading democracy against communism. Also strengthen Taiwan, South Korea, Japan military capability to a level of nuclear deterrence to avoid China surprise invasion ,as the bring peace through strength in the East Nato flank alliance
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Trader#A767
Oct 18, 2025 8:36pm
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Good good. More volatility please. Just call me a Pirate. With all the Plundering. Arrrrr. 10x banger on my futs account this week. 10k to 100k u$d. In a week. You bad boah.
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