Wednesday, June 17, 2009

Let's have a trade war

If China's economy is so great, why are they enacting the very same policies they criticized the US for?
China has issued a ‘Buy Chinese’ order as part of its £400bn government stimulus package in a move that could fuel tensions between Beijing and Washington over claims of trade protectionism during the current financial crisis.
Guys like Brad Setser trust the numbers released by the Chinese. I know that Setser is smarter than me, but I think that the Chinese system is structured towards tremendous statistical lies.

2 comments:

Funny Circus Bears said...

I do business in China. There is zero civil law and nearly zero (random) criminal law in place. The notion of trusting anything the government says has me chuckling.

Bill in NC said...

I used to listen to the results of the grain harvest under the perpetual "5 year plan" on Radio Moscow via shortwave.

I have the same confidence in whatever numbers the Chi-coms release.