I made this statement “GDP is a misleading thing to look at.” Then the first reply to your comment where you mention first the 2% GDP number, the OP of the post has replied to you “barely noticeable drop in exports for China.” Then you replied to that user, correcting them that the 2% number is more significant than it appears. You are seeing in real time that the information you provided has the capability of misleading people.
The 2% number that you are citing also doesn’t account for the imports that China receives from the US, which makes up 7% of all imports. Internal trade and external trade are misleading to compare because external trades are for the purpose of acquiring things that can not be gotten internally. These are among reasons why I say 2% is a misleading number to look at when you consider the total impact of loss of trade.
China knows that it is being hurt a decent amount by losing trade with the US. This is why China has said to drop the tariffs. China has not denied that the tariffs are hurting them. China likes doing trade with the US. What the Chinese government has said is that the US is a bully and that bullies take a mile when you give them an inch. China is hoping that the US concedes to their self-inflicted wounds and then continues to do trades with China.
The 2% GDP number includes all trade with the USA. Is around 2.8%. So you are wrong. I am including that.
Trade with the USA, imports and exports, is around 10% of China’s trade. That percentage has been trending downwards in recent years.
The articles that discuss this issue are all presenting it as how it affects each economy. If we want to understand that we MUST consider the percentage of the GDP that this trade is for us to have any inkling on the bigger national picture. Looking at trade alone tells us nothing. It’s missing key information we need to evaluate this impact. Without presenting this number, you are misleading people as seen in any other thread around the internet that discusses this topic. We can literally see it on a mass scale (not just one person making an off the cuff comment) in real time.
Of course China doesn’t want that 2% deduction in their GDP. I never claimed otherwise. You are once again presenting a talking as if it came out my mouth. Just shove your hand up my ass and puppet my mouth already.
I made this statement “GDP is a misleading thing to look at.” Then the first reply to your comment where you mention first the 2% GDP number, the OP of the post has replied to you “barely noticeable drop in exports for China.” Then you replied to that user, correcting them that the 2% number is more significant than it appears. You are seeing in real time that the information you provided has the capability of misleading people.
The 2% number that you are citing also doesn’t account for the imports that China receives from the US, which makes up 7% of all imports. Internal trade and external trade are misleading to compare because external trades are for the purpose of acquiring things that can not be gotten internally. These are among reasons why I say 2% is a misleading number to look at when you consider the total impact of loss of trade.
China knows that it is being hurt a decent amount by losing trade with the US. This is why China has said to drop the tariffs. China has not denied that the tariffs are hurting them. China likes doing trade with the US. What the Chinese government has said is that the US is a bully and that bullies take a mile when you give them an inch. China is hoping that the US concedes to their self-inflicted wounds and then continues to do trades with China.
Look, you can be wrong. It’s okay.
The 2% GDP number includes all trade with the USA. Is around 2.8%. So you are wrong. I am including that.
Trade with the USA, imports and exports, is around 10% of China’s trade. That percentage has been trending downwards in recent years.
The articles that discuss this issue are all presenting it as how it affects each economy. If we want to understand that we MUST consider the percentage of the GDP that this trade is for us to have any inkling on the bigger national picture. Looking at trade alone tells us nothing. It’s missing key information we need to evaluate this impact. Without presenting this number, you are misleading people as seen in any other thread around the internet that discusses this topic. We can literally see it on a mass scale (not just one person making an off the cuff comment) in real time.
Of course China doesn’t want that 2% deduction in their GDP. I never claimed otherwise. You are once again presenting a talking as if it came out my mouth. Just shove your hand up my ass and puppet my mouth already.