• frogbellyratbone_ [e/em/eir, any]@hexbear.net
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    there’s zero chance Trump and Xi are talking. neither of these two have any idea how any of this works to the degree/level required to come to a trade deal with one another.

    when there are legit trade talks it’s going to be entire teams of people over the course of weeks/months with extreme technical understanding of commodities, manufacturing, currency, supply chains, etc.

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      when there are legit trade talks it’s going to be entire teams of people over the course of weeks/months with extreme technical understanding of commodities, manufacturing, currency, supply chains, etc

      On the American side, those people have all been fired

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      neither of these two have any idea how any of this works

      I’m not sure who you are referring to. Ryan Grim is a good reporter and he created DropSiteNews with Jeremy Scahill. Ryan Grim is making fun of Trump.

      The Chinese Ministry of Foreign Affairs has said yesterday and today that there have been no negotiations. Xi has made no comment because Trump hasn’t talked to Xi.

      Trump told Time magazine that he had called Xi and that negotiations were happening.