Should the US enact a trade embargo on China till they drop their dealings with NK?

[Gemini Soul]

Like the title says, should the US enact a trade embargo on China till they drop their dealings with NK?

[Kujako]

hah... like we could lasst a week without cheap Chinese manufacturing. No more iPhones, no more computers, no more video games, no more Wallmart, etc.

[stumpy]

We should already be taxing the hell out of products made in China to make it unprofitable for American companies to ship jobs overseas. North Korea has very little to do with it until North Korea actually does something.

[Gheld]

Just what we need, to join North Korea in their political maneuvering and further push the world towards the brink of war.

[Slant]

have fun buying expensive american crap then.

Wonder how y'all will sound if your ipod costs 500 bucks. Or your computer 2k instead of 500$.

[Jackmoves]

China has already taken a stance against NK recently, go with the times.

[Reg]

We should already be taxing the hell out of products made in China to make it unprofitable for American companies to ship jobs overseas. North Korea has very little to do with it until North Korea actually does something.

The gap is actually closing every day between the costs of production of China vs. the United States. Employees in China are slowly gaining rights, and producing overseas isn't as profitable as it once was. It doesn't help our economy now, but I'd say in 15-20 years, companies will either come back to the US or find a new country of people to exploit -.- I do agree with your statement in general though. It should be done, but not as a response to NK aggression, but to national economics.

[Kujako]

The gap is actually closing every day between the costs of production of China vs. the United States.

Doesn't mater. China imposes tarifs on goods from the US, so if a company wants to sell to the expanding Chinese market, they will continue to make their products there.

[SL1200]

The trade embargo would probably hurt us worse than it'd hurt China so i vote NO.

[Reg]

Doesn't mater. China imposes tarifs on goods from the US, so if a company wants to sell to the expanding Chinese market, they will continue to make their products there.

Until their economic bubble inevitably explodes in their face.

[Jackmoves]

China also got some of the worlds largest consumer markets(worlds largest markets for heavy trucks and construction vehicles for example), they are not just producing shit, they are also buyers, so you would lose a lot of potential clients.

[Alvito]

Doing that would destroy our own economy so no.

[Sam the Wiser]

No, it would be foolish for anyone to consider this.

[Deleted]

maybe if you want to fuck up your economy while you're at it.

---------- Post added 2013-04-10 at 06:19 PM ----------

have fun buying expensive american crap then.

Wonder how y'all will sound if your ipod costs 500 bucks. Or your computer 2k instead of 500$.

lol, reminded me of the family guy episode where Brian starts only buying american made stuff

[Togarox]

Of course not. Putting an embargo on China isn't going to stop NK, it will only infuriate China.

[Bigitybones]

good luck crippling your own economy with this

[Roose]

I say yes, because I do not need any of that garbage they make. But not even just for NK, because of the massive trade deficit. Make them buy more of our shit before we buy any more of theirs.

[soulyouth]

Didn't doing this to Japan cause them to bomb Pearl Harbour...... sound like a great idea

[Simulacrum]

wat

that's the opposite of what you'd want to do; you need the chinese to be amicable, because they're the NK's only allies, and thus the only ones they'd be likely to take serious if they told them to give the noise a rest.

the last thing the chinese want is a war between the north and south. they'd have to deal with millions of refugees following the complete obliteration of NK's regime, and tons of american military presence on the peninsula; the opposite of what they want

[anveena]

I don't think North Korea is a big enough threat to warrant ruining our relationship with China and more importantly our economy over.