China halts US soy purchases amid trade war https://thehill.com/policy/international/china/446095-china-halts-us-soy-purchases-amid-trade-war
https://www.whitehouse.gov/briefing...ing-emergency-measures-address-border-crisis/ If the crisis persists, however, the Tariffs will be raised to 10 percent on July 1, 2019. Similarly, if Mexico still has not taken action to dramatically reduce or eliminate the number of illegal aliens crossing its territory into the United States, Tariffs will be increased to 15 percent on August 1, 2019, to 20 percent on September 1, 2019, and to 25 percent on October 1, 2019. Tariffs will permanently remain at the 25 percent level unless and until Mexico substantially stops the illegal inflow of aliens coming through its territory. ...... Why Trump can impose tariffs as casual as he posts twitters? worst dictator ever.
Seems like a publicity stunt to shift the conversation away from Mueller. Definitely an odd thing to do when the Senate is wanting to wrap up the new NAFTA deal.
And today... trump seems to believe this incredibly challenging issue (illegal immigration) that the United States hasn't been able to solve over history can be simply solved by Mexico.
Imagine you have a business that relies heavily on trade with Mexico. President Wet Diaper just threw a 5% curveball at your meticulously crafted, long-tail business plan that hundreds and possible thousands of people depend on to make ends meet. Margins are not wide enough in commerce to account for sudden price shocks like this. This is the geopolitical equivalent of setting your lawn on fire to get rid of a few ants. Wreckless, stupid, and completely ineffectual.
It won't last two months. This is just a stupid re-election move. He's setting the goalposts remember, so if say July has crazy heat and immigrantion drops 1% he will pull the tariffs and say his plan won.
Trump's latest effort to control the narrative, doing something so RIDICULOUS, so as to divert attention away from the Mueller report and impeachment talk, which has been gaining momentum
Trump can manipulate the immigration numbers anyway he wants. What are the Dems gonna do, say that immigration hasn't got down but instead risen? The stock market will be the real factor here. Trump will pay closer attention to that than anything else.
