CHINA NOT SO HAPPY
by Cody Robert Judy, ©2016, blogging at CodyJudy
(Dec. 7, 2016) — After reading the following article you can easily see why President Elect Trump’s choice for Secretary of State is a tough call. Preferred Trade and cheap labor have ensnared or lured away some of America’s finest corporations, fundamentally hurting America while helping many other nations – China being the biggest.
The problem is how do you negotiate with an unfair trade history and keep your trading partner happy? China has been the biggest benefactor of what America in Trump now is calling a very bad deal.
America lost a core principle of standing up against slavery in the devaluation of currency – China’s dictatorship insists upon their population at times cutting pay and wages and trading that for volume in order to lure the American businessman away.
Profits as high as 90% have made American businesses and corporations filthy rich and they didn’t have a problem with slave wages off American shores. Republicans and Democrats laid aside the influence of Trade to encourage human rights for profit.
Trump’s consideration may be in getting more of a pacifier for Secretary of State, and if that’s the goal he has four strong choices to choose from. Perhaps, he should also consider former Secretary of State Hillary Clinton?
One thing for sure if you didn’t think China was calling shots and dictating terms to the next U.S. President you’d certainly not read this article’s opening describing exactly what I just related-
[Beijing (AFP) – Donald Trump is a “diplomatic rookie” who must learn not to cross Beijing on issues like trade and Taiwan, Chinese state media said Tuesday, warning America could pay dearly for his naivety.][ YahooNEWS Share
‘Rookie’ Trump must fall into line: China media]
[“Provoking friction and messing up China-US relations won’t help ‘make America great again'”, said a front-page opinion piece in the overseas edition of Communist Party mouthpiece People’s Daily]
https://www.yahoo.com/news/chinese-media-offer-stern-warning-rookie-trump-061137748.html
Team Trump has widened it’s door now to more than the original four presumed for the position of Secretary of State seen at an article in the Washington Post [ Corker is one of an apparently growing number of candidates that Trump is considering to be his chief ambassador to the world. They have recently included Corker — who supported Trump during the campaign — former arch-rival Mitt Romney, former New York City Mayor Rudy Giuliani, ex-Utah Gov. Jon Huntsman, ex-U.N. Ambassador John Bolton; Exxon head Rex Tillerson and West Virginia Sen. Joe Manchin (D-WestVa.).]
Now China has hooked many businesses and through their prowess got America on their profit nipple weaning away and learning to feed oneself may cause the next Secretary of State the greatest headaches.
Weakness in this position could cause the greatest problems and with Trump’s interviews and public statements of four finalist, we are staring weakness in the eyes and the foreign powers know it.
I won’t go in to detail about those weaknesses, but it’s pretty safe to say, Trump’s exclusive four in top considerations for Secretary of State have reputations in critique that are weak.
While they also deserve strength rewards in many areas the balance in many respects it seems will be Trump’s Secretary of State constantly undercutting Trump’s campaign pledges in favor of the status quo.
Read the rest here.