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What could go wrong??
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The only positive side so far is by how much travel prices in the US has dropped.
Went through my accomodation, flights etc and found the one that were able to be cancelled and/or rebooked and saved about $3500 from when I had booked them
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If someone says theyâd âtake a bullet for youâ once is enough. They say it twice without taking a breath sounds like a request.
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Only glanced at a related article this morning, this is happening at the same time they want to fast track new reactors, which leads you to the inevitable conclusions. Good times
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Yeah I was finally able to book my June family trip during the Qantas sale a couple of weeks ago. As bad as Qantas as been in recent years I still trust them more than any US airline right now.
Meanwhile, poor old Jimmy Carter had to give up his peanut farm.
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The White House is still farming peanuts.
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7 news saying that US and China have reached a deal where theyâve both agreed to slash their tariffs.
Which is still worse than where the US was to begin with?
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US, China strike trade deal after extensive talks
The US and China have agreed to roll back tariffs on each otherâs goods for an initial 90-day period. See full details.
AFP, Ryan King and The New York Post
7 min read
May 12, 2025 - 5:42PM
National News Network
According to a joint statement, the US and China have agreed to roll back tariffs on each otherâs goods for an initial 90-day period.
The US will lower its tariffs on Chinese products from a whopping 145 per cent to 30 per cent.
In return, China will lower its tariffs on American imports from 125 per cent to 10 per cent.
In the joint statement, the two economic powerhouses said they recognised the âimportance of their bilateral economic and trade relationship to both countries and the global economyâ and âthe importance of a sustainable, long-term, and mutually beneficial economic and trade relationshipâ.
The statement also said they were moving forward âin the spirit of mutual opening, continued communication, cooperation, and mutual respectâ.
This comes after a weekend of trade deals in Switzerland, where top Trump administration officials announced that the two countries had agreed on a deal to help resolve the trade war.
âIâm happy to report that weâve made substantial progress between the United States and China in the very important trade talks,â US Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent told reporters in Geneva.
âThe talks were productive,â he said, taking no questions from the media, but promising a âcomplete briefingâ on the outcome of the talks on Monday.
Trade Representative Jamieson Greer, who also took part in the two days of closed-door talks with Chinese Vice Premier He Lifeng, said that the differences between the sides were ânot so large as maybe thoughtâ.
After the first day of negotiations, Mr Trump had posted on Truth Social that the discussions had been âvery goodâ, describing them as âa total reset negotiated in a friendly, but constructive, mannerâ.
Ahead of the meeting at the discrete villa residence of the Swiss ambassador to the United Nations in Geneva, Mr Trump signalled he might lower the tariffs, suggesting on social media that an â80% Tariff on China seems right!â However, his press secretary Karoline Leavitt later clarified that the United States would not lower tariffs unilaterally. China would also need to make concessions, she said.
Going into the meeting, both sides played down expectations of a major change in trade relations.
Mr Bessent underlined a focus on âde-escalationâ and not a âbig trade dealâ, while Beijing insisted that the United States had to ease tariffs first.
Chinaâs vice premier went into the discussions buoyed by Fridayâs news that Chinaâs exports rose last month despite the trade war.
So theyâre now de-escalating a trade war they started and are trying to play it off as a great thing theyâve achieved?
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And to you who started building factories, when we said no exceptions, what we really meant wasâŚ
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And after letting us lose thousands in our super. Orange bastid.
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Who of them will face jail time when this most obvious market shakedown is prosecuted? Shockingly easy in the end, all this.
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With all those incompetents in charge, what indeed could go wrong?
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You misspelt âfarkingâ.
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And hopefully ejector seats.
Motherâs Day is a special day of the year. It is s one of the warmest, truly unifying days, full of opportunity to express with grace your gratitude to mothers.
Trump really appreciated the chance:
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Itâd have more impact if he sung it to the tune of Mr Garrisonâs âMerry â â â â â â â Christmasâ
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