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In reply to the discussion: If corporations are engaging in a "capital strike" [View all]Sen. Walter Sobchak
(8,692 posts)Outside of some independent and severe deflationary influences.
There is a very simple reason that most trade disputes confine themselves to seemingly random token widgets. (Such as vehicles almost nobody in China buys in the first place, or solar panels almost nobody in the US buys in the first place) There isn't a government on earth that wants to do unleash inflation. And if you want to talk about China... their middle class has exploded since they began rolling back tariffs which was a condition for their entry into the WTO. The greatest period of income growth in modern China began around the turn of the century. In that time US exports to China have increased almost 450%.
If your blog skimming isn't far enough along to articulate a plausible solution to the inflationary nature of your proposal there probably isn't much further to discuss. Unfortunately arguments supportive of your proposed policy are mostly going to be published in Spanish and written in the 1970's.