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Not only is this a clueless comment as Gweiloman pointed out (you think Chinese people are incapable of writing and speaking standard english?), but as usual, you make your attack persona. That's because you had nothing in the way of evidence to offer as a rebuttal.

Even if that were true, he offered up a particularly poor piece of evidence to support that claim. But, I guess facts like that don't matter to you

China is the world's largest manufacturer. So exactly where is all the stuff that China exports going to come from? You think it just takes a snap of the fingers? What other country has their depth of manufacturing talent? In the long run sure. Can the US hold out?

You seem to be allergic to that 15% figure.

Apart from the question of respective needs, how much more does China need to. 15% will hurt but is it enough to stop them. They can also export more to other countries.

Obviously it's an important part of their exports. But it's about 15%. So yes, it should be able to weather the loss for a while. As for the USA, apart from damage to its economy, it's going to be damaging politically. I don't think Trump's position among working class people is going to be improved when their living costs rise sharply. And those are the people who are going to be affected disproportionately.

More evidence about how certain people live in an alternative universe. If CNN was making this up, you don't think Fox or Newsmax would be all over them? There's nothing that the media on both the left and right love to do more than play gotcha. Oh wait a minute...here's an expose from fox news busting CNN's lies wide open: "Investigators also found images of a three-page document titled "Accelerate the Collapse." It appeared to be the manifesto referenced in the messages that called for the president's assassination with the goal of starting "a political revolution in the United States" and "save the white race" from "Jewish controlled" politicians. The document contained images of Adolf Hitler with the text "HAIL HITLER HAIL THE WHITE RACE HAIL VICTORY." An excerpt from the three-page document specifically referenced President Donald Trump and said "getting rid of the president and perhaps the vice president" is "guaranteed to bring in some chaos." https://www.fox4news.com/news/wisconsin-teen-homicides-plot-assassinate-trump

Let's not get carried away. China has been trying to export its way out of its serious economic difficulties. One thing its policies haven't seriously encouraged is domestic consumption. Its economic policy is geared towards promoting manufacturing. And China produces way more than it can consume.

China had previously held fire when tariffs were raised by Biden. But Trump couldn't resist pushing the envelope.. As has frequently been noted, 15% of Chinese exports are bound for the USA. And it isn't just exports that China is using as a weapon. As you may recall, it's now withholding vital rare earths from the United States. China also has the advantage of being ruled by a real dictator. No threat to Xi's agenda from midterms. Trump is still only a wannabe dictator.

Does China desperately need to sell them as much as the USA desperately needs them. China is preparing steps to export them while keeping those rare earths from getting to the USA.

I'm sure you think your comment is relevant. I can recall similar comments directed at critics of the George W. Bush's Iraq War.

Well, at least Kash Patel and the FBI are on the case: Exclusive: FBI scales back staffing, tracking of domestic terrorism probes, sources say FBI has reassigned staff in domestic terrorism section Probes no longer tagged as tied to violent extremism Moves follow Republican criticism of earlier efforts https://archive.ph/CbsyT#selection-1298.0-1311.52

One trick pony much? How would that mitigate the severity of the rare earths issue?

Fake news? The administration released that information. Now they're saying something else. Who knows what that will turn out to be? More of what the private sector loves: constant message changes. Because it's so exciting to make plans when you don't know what's going to happen next.

Because fighting stupidly is definitely going to work out well.

2 comments making the issue about me. That's because both of you have got no good defense for Trump's rash actions. But if you do want to keep on talking about me, maybe you should go the the gossip forum.

Do you understand that riclag blamed the Democrats for this? "This is what the lefts Democracy looks like , they can’t beat America First democratically so the left inspire the sick to take action."

You're welcome. I'm glad to be participating in an open forum.

Deflecting much? This move by the Chinese was obvious.

Given current conditions in Ukraine, even if a deal was signed, I doubt there are going to be too many miners interested in exploiting these resources. But let's say there were. Doesn't this actually give Ukraine leverage? That said, Ukraine isn't the only place where rare earths can be found. But even expedited, it would take at least a couple of years to get the mine into production. Then there's the matter of processing the ore into the various rare earth products.

No. The fault is Trump's. If so many of us here on aseannow.com could see the threat posed by this dearth, what excuse has he got?

China has suspended exports of a wide range of critical minerals and magnets, threatening to choke off supplies of components central to automakers, aerospace manufacturers, semiconductor companies and military contractors around the world. Shipments of the magnets, essential for assembling everything from cars and drones to robots and missiles, have been halted at many Chinese ports while the Chinese government drafts a new regulatory system. Once in place, the new system could permanently prevent supplies from reaching certain companies, including American military contractors. https://archive.ph/tKoXH

Usually, I think that would be the case. But this time could be different. Trump is providing powerful motivation to get out the vote and somehow I don't think a lot of Canadians endorse his view that Canada will inevitably become the 51st state.

You can also take a look at Apple's gross profit margin. That's the difference between all of its costs and all of its revenues. https://www.cnbc.com/2025/01/30/apples-gross-margin-hits-record-as-services-business-keeps-growing.html https://www.statista.com/statistics/263436/apples-gross-margin-since-2005/ In the first quarter of 2025 it had a gross profit margin of 58.25% That means that it's gross profit was 58.25% of its total revenue. Not bad.

Here's a link to an article from investopedia which addresses the issue of costs https://www.investopedia.com/financial-edge/0912/the-cost-of-making-an-iphone.aspx