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What will happen if the US stops trading with Mexico and China?

Many Americans don't seem to like anybody.

Posted - September 5, 2016

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  • 3907

    Hello M:

    There will be a trade war with Mexico and a revolution here.  People want their cheap TV's.

    excon

      September 5, 2016 8:20 AM MDT
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  • 258

    There would be an immediate shortage in many consumer goods before other countries could ramp-up production. Naïve people including Obama ask "can't we just make the stuff here?" and yes it could happen if the buying public is willing to pay $2000 for an iPhone and wait nearly a year just to somehow round-up the sheer scale of skilled and unskilled labor that it would take to get started.

    http://gizmodo.com/5878209/why-apple-doesnt-make-the-iphone-in-america

      September 5, 2016 8:22 AM MDT
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  • 5835

    The first thing you would notice is the price of food goes way up because Americans won't work on the farms. The next thing you notice is that a lot of stores go out of business, not because of prices, but because China is the only place they know of to get merchandise. Collapse would follow, followed by a dark age and a lot of smuggling.

      September 5, 2016 1:09 PM MDT
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  • 13277

    Trade policy to not liking anybody? That's quite the leap of logic, Marguerite. No steps in between?

      September 5, 2016 1:12 PM MDT
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  • 503

    Since China holds the mortgage on America, they'll probably foreclose !... Oh Wait, the Trumpster  is going to force the Chinese to do it his way ....LMFAO !

      September 5, 2016 3:24 PM MDT
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  • 2500

    And why would you think that either could possibly happen?

      September 5, 2016 4:26 PM MDT
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  • 2500

    You know, it's said that if someone owes a million dollars and they can't pay then the are lost. But if they owe a billion dollars and they can't (or won't) pay then the banks are lost. That's the scenario with the USA and China, and China is the bank . . .

    And to find out what happens in the real world just read a history book or two.

      September 5, 2016 4:30 PM MDT
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  • 503

    Thanks for stopping by.....

      September 5, 2016 6:18 PM MDT
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