Could the US live without nearly a trillion dollars of Chinese goods? (death, military)

[PedroMartinez]

Originally Posted by pbmaise

Talks of ending trade with countries supporting North Korea and it's nuclear program could lead to ending trade with China.

But could the US survive without Chinese goods?

Of course it would never happen because like 90% of all goods sold by Trump family are made in China.

I think those hats are made in USA.

Who would be worse off, us not being able to buy nearly a trillion or them losing nearly a trillion in sales?

[Catgirl64]

Originally Posted by sware2cod

The device you used to type your post likely has some Chinese parts.

The question was not whether or not it would be fun. It was whether or not we could survive. I would miss my gadgets, but I could live without them if I had to.

[PedroMartinez]

Originally Posted by Catgirl64

The question was not whether or not it would be fun. It was whether or not we could survive. I would miss my gadgets, but I could live without them if I had to.

You'd probably have people with thousands in a savings account instead of tens of thousands on credit cards.

[Threerun]

F let him do it. That would be hilarious to see all the Wal Mart shoppers go berserk.

God please do it. Just do it.

[SHABAZZ310]

There seems to never be a day that Trump doesn't embarrass America on the world stage..

[craigiri]

He treats other countries - intelligent people - as if they were his reality show apprentices.

He makes a fool of himself - but, heck, he doesn't care about that. One can only imagine the laughter in foreign capitals all over the world.

Yeah, those Chinese goods like Apple iphone - Macbook, etc - really poor, right?

I know folks being paid 100K to 400K a year for upper level management job in China. Regular professional employees in marketing, etc. are being paid 40-120K.

Median wages for all jobs is over $1,000 a month now - and growing. Health care is available at prices that would blow your mind (and it' good care also).....so the savings are actually higher.

Wages are going up FAST also.
So we don't make stuff there anymore because it is cheap. We make stuff because they are hard working, ambitious, well educated and SHOW UP at their jobs without substance abuse, drama, etc.

It's almost impossible to get large numbers of Americans to do hard work in a single geo location. That is, trying to get a million employees to make iphones would be near impossible.

[Finn_Jarber]

Originally Posted by pbmaise

Talks of ending trade with countries supporting North Korea and it's nuclear program could lead to ending trade with China.

But could the US survive without Chinese goods?

Of course it would never happen because like 90% of all goods sold by Trump family are made in China.

I think those hats are made in USA.

We can obviously survive, but would probably sink into severe recession since so many US employers depend on trade with China.

[CALGUY]

Originally Posted by SoloforLife

.... and Walmart shelves will be empty.

As well as Home Depot, and Lowes.
I say good, empty them.
Bob.

[Roaddog]

Of course we could live without China junk, do we live if N Korea hits us with Nukes?

[nicet4]

Originally Posted by sware2cod

USA exports $116 billion of goods to China each year and $21 billion in farm crops to China. This is the USA's 3rd largest export market behind Canada and Mexico.

If the USA stopped exporting those things to China, this could put the USA into a recession.

https://www.fas.usda.gov/regions/china

That we simply can not have.

I am all for North Korea having all the nukes they want as long as their ICBM's don't have a range farther than the California Nevada border.