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- ekan commented Jun 13, 2019
“If the U.S. wants to force China to yield through exerting maximum unilateral pressure, it will absolutely not succeed,” he said. Absolutely correct. The pressure needs to be multilateral. It actually kind of is. Whereas no other major economy ...
China's trade rep says 'external pressures' can help economy
- ekan commented Jun 11, 2019
Bones, you described yourself as a "far right activist", remember? Now you even attempt to define me, and not for the first time. Great job. Very well shows who the authoritarian is. Since you cut and paste from Wikipedia, let's do the same: "UK ...
UK's Johnson threatens to withhold $50 billion EU Brexit payment
- ekan commented Jun 11, 2019
Bones, "half of the country being far right" is actually not that unheard of historically. History has seen much worse. Sad thing is that is happening to UK, that's all. The other half - that's the real problem for Leavers. Of course they do. It's ...
UK's Johnson threatens to withhold $50 billion EU Brexit payment
- ekan commented Jun 11, 2019
Since you asked, I think the greatest ramification is on a very fundamental level. As international adversarial relationships between players large and not so large emerge and strengthen, I expect all sorts of economic relationships to to begin ...
US Pres Trump: China Going To Make A Deal Because They Have To Make A Deal
- ekan commented Jun 10, 2019
Meanwhile in Hong Kong.... url Specifically for AnniLi: If you have missed the news, here is a non-typical news source, from the Chinese diaspora in EU. The text can be understood if one runs the "Translate" option on their browser, but the ...
US Pres Trump: China Going To Make A Deal Because They Have To Make A Deal
- ekan commented Jun 10, 2019
Understanding of Chinese culture is not that necessary because this is not a cultural conflict. It is an ideological conflict. Cultural specifics have their role, but are not paramount. This is a conflict with communists who happen to be Chinese. It ...
US Pres Trump: China Going To Make A Deal Because They Have To Make A Deal
- ekan commented Jun 10, 2019
Actually the two are somewhat contradictory. Trump getting desperate as his reelection time draws near would make him more amenable to give out concessions hoping for a quick deal, not less. So PRC is better off negotiating with him within the next ...
US Pres Trump: China Going To Make A Deal Because They Have To Make A Deal
- ekan commented Jun 10, 2019
Bones, have you descended to the pathetic level where you start replying to your own comments? I am sure everyone in Bruxelles and Strasbourg are quaking in fear of Nigel right now. Yawn. Wake me up when they take Westminster. That will be a show ...
UK's Johnson threatens to withhold $50 billion EU Brexit payment
- ekan commented Jun 10, 2019
In this legal context "shall" is equivalent to "must". House of Lords says so, too: "This is particularly the case given the provision in Article 50 for a withdrawal agreement to take account of the framework for an exiting state’s future ...
UK's Johnson threatens to withhold $50 billion EU Brexit payment
- ekan commented Jun 9, 2019
The market opened. EURGPB didn't move in either direction. Not that there would be any reason to gap for the Brexit media circus anyway. Trump's Mexico drama seems to have stolen the show this weekend. The JPY pairs gapped nicely up (long GBPJPY ...
Jeremy Hunt claims Merkel is willing to renegotiate Brexit deal
- ekan commented Jun 9, 2019
That "doc" is the full text of Article 50, with a link to the source, so everyone can read it and if needed can verify the accuracy of the text. So, yeah, I think I bloody read it. In a nutshell: Article 50(2) stipulates that the exit must be ...
UK's Johnson threatens to withhold $50 billion EU Brexit payment
- ekan commented Jun 9, 2019
I said, not for you. It is useless to waste time on someone who either spews incoherent one liners or just cuts and pastes from Brexiteer justification/propaganda sites. Besides, 2 months ago there was another thread where pretty much an identical ...
UK's Johnson threatens to withhold $50 billion EU Brexit payment
- ekan commented Jun 9, 2019
This is the full text of Article 50. url 1. Any Member State may decide to withdraw from the Union in accordance with its own constitutional requirements. 2. A Member State which decides to withdraw shall notify the European Council of its ...
UK's Johnson threatens to withhold $50 billion EU Brexit payment
- ekan commented Jun 6, 2019
No they were not. This is a scientific fact. Earth crust contains more Cerium than Copper, for instance. The problem with Lanthanides (aka rare earth elements) is not that they are rare but that they are dispersed. They do not occur in highly ...
Ray Dalio warns China restricting rare earth metals would be 'major escalation' of trade war
- ekan commented Jun 5, 2019
Nah. That's old news. After this scare was debunked, now the next one has emerged - the Lanthanide export ban. This one is far more serious and credible, but a "nuclear option"? Far from it. It is far too early in the game to talk about "nuclear ...
US Braces For Chinese Retaliation: Scrambles To Find Alternative Rare-Earth Suppliers
- ekan commented Jun 4, 2019
Not necessarily. I don't think is as black and white as that. I totally support US agenda on PRC, which is not just Trump's - the bipartisan agreement on it is a lot more important, even if does not grab the headlines often (on a number of issues, ...
U.S. President Trump says as the UK prepares to leave the EU, the US is committed to a...
- ekan commented Jun 4, 2019
Trump wants alliances? This is a most peculiar statement, to put it mildly. Because he sure behaves as if US allies were his sworn enemies. What he did with TPP is most telling. A great potential wasted out of pure spite (probably because Obama made ...
U.S. President Trump says as the UK prepares to leave the EU, the US is committed to a...
- ekan commented Jun 4, 2019
So nice you bring up Italy's "signing into Belt and Road"... Italy is a country that is not actually "poor" even if its public finances are a mess. Corruption-laden, I agree. Above all - led by a far right/populist government that did the sign on. ...
U.S. President Trump says as the UK prepares to leave the EU, the US is committed to a...
- ekan commented Jun 4, 2019
Nonsense. EU and PRC have neither common interest nor common background. Zero. If anything, China seems to be quietly building an Eurasian Union with Russia and the -stan country satelites. About USA losing the trade war: It may come as a surprise ...
U.S. President Trump says as the UK prepares to leave the EU, the US is committed to a...