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Major_Spittle wrote:

America has no power over this, the world will always buy plastic doggy poop from the cheapest manufacturer.  Well I guess the US could Nuke 'em, but that wouldn't be in the spirit of free trade.

There's hundreds of things the US could do.  They could limit the about of Chinese imports for a start with some excuse about protecting American manufacturers

Well, there's been some rousings about high up nationalists wanting to maintain the framework of that of the Superpower, although I think that's because China has been increasing military spending by like...10% every year. It's been supposed that, by the year 2050, China's GDP will overshadow ours (well, duh Yoo-Esses) by 20%. Unless some seriously unforeseen event takes place, I don't think that this dwarfing will be stalled. Limiting Chinese imports is most definitely not going to happen, as it would probably hurt more than help. A lot of companies depend on cheap Chinese goods man.

*Competition isn't always good if those at the helm of such opponency have unclear motives and perspectives within the global scale.

Last edited by Xietsu (2006-06-03 07:39:55)

=OBS= EstebanRey wrote:

Major_Spittle wrote:

America has no power over this, the world will always buy plastic doggy poop from the cheapest manufacturer.  Well I guess the US could Nuke 'em, but that wouldn't be in the spirit of free trade.

There's hundreds of things the US could do.  They could limit the about of Chinese imports for a start with some excuse about protecting American manufacturers

Limiting Chinese imports would slow their growth, but not stop them from overtaking the US economy.  They can manufacture many things far cheaper than the US, thus the rest of the world will buy these items from China.  If the US stopped buying plastic parts for Cars and such from China, the cost of US cars would go up and not compete as well with Korean, European, and Japanese cars.  Same goes for cell phones, computers, TVs, etc.....   

They are also becoming the greatest consumers in the world as their economy grows, if we stopped buying from them, they stop buying from us, our economy hurts. 

The WORLD would have to embargo China, the US can only hurt itself with a unilateral Embargo.

If the US wants to stay an Economic and World power it must do it through developing new technologies and not shipping the technologies off to other countries to be produced.  Unfortunately this is not happening  (Companies don't care about the US and control our Government) and the US will soon loose the world status it has Enjoyed since WW2.  US has only been a Superpower for a short time, Our Economic practices, Budget, and Immigration policies need to be reformed to start reflecting the futures outlook for America or when bad times start they will cause problems that will compound quite quickly and the country will have no time to adjust to keep itself out of big doo doo.

And yes, Doo Doo is a technical term.

The best thing the US could do to hurt China's economy is interfere with its oil supply.  Getting China to adopt environmental initiatives would also hurt it during its current developmental phase.

Pubic wrote:

The best thing the US could do to hurt China's economy is interfere with its oil supply.  Getting China to adopt environmental initiatives would also hurt it during its current developmental phase.

Yeah china would be kinda fucked there... but the US imports 1 billion dollars worth of chinese goods each year, u cut those imports, then china lost its biggest customer. the US companies can do their manufacturing in india.

India is nothing compared to China.  If it does become a problem.......let's just say that a lack of navy is only a problem if there's an ocean between you and your enemy.

China's current growth rate is unsustainable, I don't get why people keep talking like it is...

Bubbalo wrote:

cyborg_ninja-117 wrote:

Unless all of US companies outsource to india, since labour is way cheaper there and the food is great for the forign managers

Which will protect them from the Red Army how exactly?

you mean red guards... china wouldnt invade india for the industry... if they do US will be very pissed... and gimme a good reason why those managers need protection from the red guards

Bubbalo wrote:

Uh, my point was that if someone somehow managed to starve China by moving everything to India, China would invade.

w/ what? shiney silver AK's that wont fire? India is a good ally to the United States, and i think the US has bases there, when china tries to invade india... US will strike china from the south, using taiwan as a base and taiwan will help US.

I doubt china would do sumthing stupid like that, they still have companies of their own u know

I think we should just blow up China.  Then we won't have a problem.
Seriously, though, the US already has  huge trade deficit with China, which is probably going to get worse...

Major_Spittle wrote:

America has no power over this, the world will always buy plastic doggy poop from the cheapest manufacturer.  Well I guess the US could Nuke 'em, but that wouldn't be in the spirit of free trade.

It´s not about plastic, at least if China is compared to USA. A big amount of high-tec comes from China, it´s not even engineered in america. If current development continues, not even rednecks want those cars that use technology from 1980s, or motorcycles that were designed in 1920s.

=OBS= EstebanRey wrote:

..World's biggest economy?   If China's economy continues to grow at it's current or near to current rate, they will overtake the US withing a few decades.  Do you think America will allow this to happen as all the reports suggest there is "anxiety in the US" about this.

To me, it suggests poor World relations if the US can't champion China's success and is also highly contradictory as Bush will publically say he wants poorer nations to develop (just as long as they don't develop too fast and overtake you eh Bush?).

Your thoughts.................

Yes. Now tell me what the hell the US is going to do about it. China has massive resources of absolutely everything they will need. Starting a war ain't a good idea - Superpower v. Superpower in all-out war usually results in EVERYONE losing.