Why the world is rooted.

[Black Orchid]

Push and shove. China are upset about the ban on Huawei making it more difficult for them to steal intellectual property. Tough luck.

Apparently the farmers are sticking with Trump and most don't want to bend over for China. If the US stands firm they will win.

Farmers are one of the most visible casualties of the U.S.-China trade war, which escalated sharply this week as both sides landed blows that could hold potentially devastating consequences for U.S. agriculture.

Yet farmers appear to be sticking by Trump — not just the Republican they largely supported in the 2016 election, but the trade warrior who has put their industries in China’s sights. And while they’re far from the largest group in Trump’s corner, farmers could prove to be a crucial voting bloc in the 2020 election.

The Purdue Center for Commercial Agriculture’s latest producer survey, which was conducted last month and released Tuesday, showed a record-high 78% of farmers said they believe the trade war will ultimately benefit U.S. agriculture. That roughly matches Trump’s overall approval rating of 79% among farmers, according to a Farm Pulse survey conducted around the same time.

https://www.cnbc.com/2019/08/07/us-chin ... trump.html

[Black Orchid]

A White House statement said the trade talks will cover multiple issues of “intellectual property, forced technology transfer, non-tariff barriers, agriculture, services, the trade deficit, and enforcement”, although China have been muted over these issues having publicly denied the existence of some of the problems or their responsibility for them.

Typical of the Chinese.

[billy the kid]

https://www.zerohedge.com/news/2019-08- ... rsian-gulf

This is huge.....

In a potentially catastrophic escalation of tensions in the Persian Gulf, Russia plans to use Iran’s ports in Bandar-e-Bushehr and Chabahar as forward military bases for warships and nuclear submarines, guarded by hundreds of Special Forces troops under the guise of ‘military advisers’, and an airbase near Bandar-e-Bushehr as a hub for 35 Sukhoi Su-57 fighter planes OilPrice.com has exclusively been told by senior sources close to the Iranian regime. The next round of joint military exercises in the Indian Ocean and the Strait of Hormuz will mark the onset of this in-situ military expansion in Iran, as the Russian ships involved will be allowed by Iran to use the facilities in Bandar-e-Bushehr and Chabahar. Depending on the practical strength of domestic and international reaction to this, these ships and Spetsntaz will remain in place and will be expanded in numbers over the next 50 years.....etc etc....

[billy the kid]

https://www.zerohedge.com/news/2019-08- ... er-kashmir

Communications blackout makes it worse....

[billy the kid]

https://www.zerohedge.com/news/2019-08- ... dia-report...

Even worse in Kashmir

[Black Orchid]

It is a worry and whoever would have thought Imran Khan would have ended up where he is now.

[billy the kid]

https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/articl ... order.html

Hong Kong
Kashmir
Iran
Venezuala
etc etc...
What a mess.....I suppose I better start prefixing everything with the word "so" from now on as everyone seems to be
using the word.....so...yeah....a mess......

[billy the kid]

https://www.zerohedge.com/news/2019-08- ... h-18-years

SO we couldnt say India is going gangbusters could we...
Car sales....best economic indicator available....
SO I guess theyll all be riding pushbikes pretty soon....or maybe rickshaws...or maybe scooters....now theres an idea......

[Neferti]

The Vespa scooters were all the go in Australia, way back.

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[Black Orchid]

They were?

A lot of Chinese seem to like them though.