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looks like redo of silk road of old

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Conway: Trump Ditched Steelworkers in Favor of China

Judge delays U.S. Steel’s request for Chinese steel ban | Steel | nwitimes.com

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Commission investigation into whether all imports of Chinese steel into the United States should be banned, but U.S. Steel is appealing.

U.S. Steel asked the federal government to ban Chinese steel because of price-fixing, stolen trade secrets and tariff avoidance. It filed a Section 337 case in April, when China produced steel at a record daily rate of 2.3 million tons.

The Pittsburgh-based steelmaker, one of Northwest Indiana's largest employers, alleged a variety of unfair and illegal trade practices, including ducking out of tariffs by misrepresenting where the steel originally came from, receiving heavy subsidies and unloading surplus steel at prices far lower than it would sell for back home.

Judge Dee Lord ruled last week the investigation doesn’t have to be finished until October 2017. She ordered the International Trade Commission to first notify the U.S. Department of Commerce about U.S. Steel's complaints since the company raised concerns about Chinese steel dumping and illegal subsidies. The U.S. Department of Commerce must review the case, which would delay the investigation.  

Donald Trump Says He Would Tax Chinese Goods To Stop Currency Devaluation

usw been saying this for long, long time

The Art of War Sun Tsu Full Documentary. (Educational).

this was standard business reading from 70s until now. I doubt many a union folks has read or studied. on my reread list

China's new leaders paint a picture of totalitarian banality | Jonathan Jones | Comment is free | guardian.co.uk

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 The newly chosen leader Xi Jinping, in the centre of the row of sombre men, is introducing his government team in a ceremony at the Great Hall of the People in Beijing. As well as identical suits, they all wear red tiesexcept Wang Qishan, at the far right, who sports an individualistically blue tie. I'm worried about him. But as he is taking on the job of "discipline", he will probably be all right.

Politically incorrect? Anti-China? Come on. This picture is funny. It is bizarre because it so casually refuses to play any game of western-style PR or political spin. You have to hand it to the Communist party of China – it is honest. This photograph reveals a regime with no interest in pretending to be any more democratic than it is. The message it sends out is, don't even think about democracy in China: we are so remote from that path, we don't even contemplate pretending to consider faking it.

Presumably this is political wisdom. The moment Mikhail Gorbachev started to make noises about reform in the USSR people demanded real change, real rights, and the entire Soviet system was finished. One lesson of Russian history is that no reformist path actually exists for a Communist party that has brutally controlled a society for a long time. To soften is to invite revolution. Behind that wan painting of misty mountains, millions of lives long for self-expression. Give them a millimetre and they would take revenge.

The Great Wall of Mart - Clip from Death by China Documentary Richard Trumka

China extends embargo of crucial minerals to U.S., Europe

China extends embargo of crucial minerals to U.S., Europe

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Associated Press | Posted: Wednesday, October 20, 2010 12:00 am

HONG KONG • China, which has been blocking shipments of crucial minerals to Japan for the last month, has now quietly halted shipments of some of those same materials to the United States and Europe, three industry officials said Tuesday.

The Chinese action, involving rare earth minerals that are crucial to manufacturing many advanced products, seems certain to further ratchet up already rising trade and currency tensions with the West. Until recently, China typically sought quick and quiet accommodations on trade issues. But the interruption in rare earth supplies is the latest sign from Beijing that Chinese officials are willing to use their growing economic muscle.

"The embargo is expanding" beyond Japan, said one of the three rare earth industry officials, all of whom insisted on anonymity. They said Chinese customs officials imposed the broader shipment restrictions Monday morning, hours after a top Chinese official summoned international news media Sunday night to denounce U.S. trade actions.

China mines 95 percent of the world's rare earth elements, which have broad commercial and military applications. Any curtailment of Chinese supplies of rare earths is likely to be greeted with alarm in Western capitals, particularly because Western companies are believed to keep much smaller stockpiles of rare earths than Japanese companies do.

China's commerce ministry has repeatedly denied that it has imposed an embargo on shipments to Japan, even though Japanese ministers and industry executives say the shipments to their country have been blocked by Chinese customs officials since Sept. 21.

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note: update. China has changed policy on exports of raw materials. Will update later with details.

GM bondholders, made in China and more

GM is having woes. Another woe, made in China autos. Really believe management will keep its word? This is from today's Ed Show and does mention the Bus tour.

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American taxpayer's money to save auto industry that will export jobs (perhaps) after American workers give up many a benefit. See anything wrong with that picture?

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communist sponge bob

A little satire for the folks today. Most USW folks will understand the humor.

Thanks to the folks at you tube.