“I am Yahweh. I do not change. I am why Jacob’s descendants are not destroyed.” (Malachi 3: 6)
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The Hill—China to buy ‘significantly’ more US goods and services after trade talks:
China has agreed to purchase more U.S. goods and services following a second day of trade talks between Washington and Beijing on Friday.
In a joint statement issued Saturday, the U.S. and China said “there was a consensus on taking effective measures to substantially reduce the United States trade deficit in goods with China.”
“To meet the growing consumption needs of the Chinese people and the need for high-quality economic development, China will significantly increase purchases of United States goods and services,” the statement reads. “This will help support growth and employment in the United States.”
But according to The Wall Street Journal, Chinese negotiators resisted demands from Washington to cut the trade deficit between the two countries in half. China was also cautious about committing to specific purchases of U.S. goods and services.
Still, “both sides agreed on meaningful increases in United States agriculture and energy exports,” the statement said.
Senior U.S. officials — including Treasury Secretary Steven Mnuchin, U.S. Trade Representative Robert Lighthizer and Commerce Secretary Wilbur Ross — have been participating in talks with Chinese officials about a potential trade deal as the countries seek to stave off a trade war.
The Trump administration has proposed stiff tariffs on $150 billion in Chinese products. In turn, Beijing has threatened duties on $50 billion in U.S. products. The tit-for-tat has raised concerns of a looming trade war between the world’s two largest economies.
President Trump raised doubts this week about a potential trade deal with China, saying that Beijing had “become very spoiled” in its past dealings with the U.S.
“You’ve never seen people come over from China to work on a trade deal. Now, will that be successful? I tend to doubt it,” Trump told reporters during a meeting with the NATO secretary-general.
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SnyderTalk Comment:
Did you hear the Trump-haters screaming?
“Trade war.”
“Free trade.”
President Trump didn’t want a trade war. He wanted free trade. It didn’t exist. That was his message to the world.
China is the worst offender on the free trade front. Europe is a distant second.
How do you spell “leadership”?
T-R-U-M-P.
Trump-haters are excited. They think they are going to win by huge margins in the 2018 mid-term elections.
If we do our jobs the way we should, they won’t.
If we sit on our hands, they will.
Democrats will say anything to win an election and then pivot back to the Democrat agenda. I call that lying. At the end of the day no matter what they say, they are Democrats, the Party of Perversity.
President Trump hasn’t pivoted yet. I call that telling the truth or doing what you tell people you will do.
It’s refreshing.
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SnyderTalk Comment:
This is Detroit in 1965.
SnyderTalk Comment:
This is Detroit in 2016 after 52 years of Democrat rule.
Any questions?
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“The glory which You have given Me I have given to them, that they may be one, just as We are one; I in them and You in Me, that they may be perfected in unity, so that the world may know that You sent Me, and loved them, even as You have loved Me. Father, I desire that they also, whom You have given Me, be with Me where I am, so that they may see My glory which You have given Me, for You loved Me before the foundation of the world.” (John 17: 22-24)
