Dexter Tiff Roberts
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Writing and speaking on China Former China Bureau Chief at Bloomberg Businessweek Nonresident Senior Fellow at the Atlantic Council Check out my newsletter Trade War: https://dexter.substack.com/
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MY SUNDAY TAKE ON THE US-CHINA RARE EARTHS/TARIFFS BLOWUP: I still think that an eventual meeting between Xi and Trump is likely to happen and that two countries will continue to discuss what each side wants from the other. open.substack.com/pub/dexter/p...
Trade War
So much for the trade truce: China slaps wide-ranging new restrictions on rare earths. Trump calls Beijing’s move “rather sinister and hostile,” and retaliates with planned additional 100 percent tari...
open.substack.com
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prchovanec.bsky.social
Sounds like it could have been an opportunity to make common cause with Europe on shared concerns. Instead, we keep hitting Europe with tariffs and threatening to invade Greenland.
fbermingham.bsky.social
EU trade ministers meeting in Denmark today. Will discuss China's rare earth controls. Sefcovic says he has requested a call with Wang Wentao

"Discussion on economic security will be more pronounced today than expected, especially with the measures announced by China last week"
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jfallows.bsky.social
This is an astute observation.

I grew up in a town that went for Barry Goldwater in 1964 and had John Birch society chapters. It was rife with conspiracy theories: JFK as agent for the Vatican, LBJ as 'Landside Lyndon' (and worse) etc.

But Fox et al have empowered something new.
volts.wtf
I've said this before, but one of the more striking things about the current generation of righties is that they really show no sign of understanding that there's a world *beyond* their screens, beyond owning & being owned on social media. A real world, with real people & real problems.
atrupar.com
Eric Trump: "We're saving Christianity. We've saving God. We've saving the family unit. We're saving this nation. I mean, DEI is out of the window, Benny. You no longer have Colin Kaepernick kneeling for the national anthem. You no longer have Budweiser going woke as hell. All of this is dead."
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dtiffroberts.bsky.social
Now we have both Trump and Vance hinting they still want to find a way forward with China (that news came out after I published my newsletter.) I think I've called it. What do you think? Follow me in Trade War for more: open.substack.com/pub/dexter/p...
Trade War
So much for the trade truce: China slaps wide-ranging new restrictions on rare earths. Trump calls Beijing’s move “rather sinister and hostile,” and retaliates with planned additional 100 percent tari...
open.substack.com
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dtiffroberts.bsky.social
Trump has shown repeatedly that he is capable of quickly changing tack and could at some later point declare that China has proven it is a good partner after all, and declare victory—if some kind of deal can be struck. open.substack.com/pub/dexter/p...
Trade War
So much for the trade truce: China slaps wide-ranging new restrictions on rare earths. Trump calls Beijing’s move “rather sinister and hostile,” and retaliates with planned additional 100 percent tari...
open.substack.com
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dtiffroberts.bsky.social
China is likely willing to dial back its latest rare earth controls but only if it's given something large in return. Beijing will continue pushing for an unwinding of Washington’s tech restrictions, in particular on semiconductors. open.substack.com/pub/dexter/p...
Trade War
So much for the trade truce: China slaps wide-ranging new restrictions on rare earths. Trump calls Beijing’s move “rather sinister and hostile,” and retaliates with planned additional 100 percent tari...
open.substack.com
Reposted by Dexter Tiff Roberts
dtiffroberts.bsky.social
MY SUNDAY TAKE ON THE US-CHINA RARE EARTHS/TARIFFS BLOWUP: I still think that an eventual meeting between Xi and Trump is likely to happen and that two countries will continue to discuss what each side wants from the other. open.substack.com/pub/dexter/p...
Trade War
So much for the trade truce: China slaps wide-ranging new restrictions on rare earths. Trump calls Beijing’s move “rather sinister and hostile,” and retaliates with planned additional 100 percent tari...
open.substack.com
dtiffroberts.bsky.social
Now we have both Trump and Vance hinting they still want to find a way forward with China (that news came out after I published my newsletter.) I think I've called it. What do you think? Follow me in Trade War for more: open.substack.com/pub/dexter/p...
Trade War
So much for the trade truce: China slaps wide-ranging new restrictions on rare earths. Trump calls Beijing’s move “rather sinister and hostile,” and retaliates with planned additional 100 percent tari...
open.substack.com
dtiffroberts.bsky.social
Trump has shown repeatedly that he is capable of quickly changing tack and could at some later point declare that China has proven it is a good partner after all, and declare victory—if some kind of deal can be struck. open.substack.com/pub/dexter/p...
Trade War
So much for the trade truce: China slaps wide-ranging new restrictions on rare earths. Trump calls Beijing’s move “rather sinister and hostile,” and retaliates with planned additional 100 percent tari...
open.substack.com
dtiffroberts.bsky.social
China is likely willing to dial back its latest rare earth controls but only if it's given something large in return. Beijing will continue pushing for an unwinding of Washington’s tech restrictions, in particular on semiconductors. open.substack.com/pub/dexter/p...
Trade War
So much for the trade truce: China slaps wide-ranging new restrictions on rare earths. Trump calls Beijing’s move “rather sinister and hostile,” and retaliates with planned additional 100 percent tari...
open.substack.com
dtiffroberts.bsky.social
MY SUNDAY TAKE ON THE US-CHINA RARE EARTHS/TARIFFS BLOWUP: I still think that an eventual meeting between Xi and Trump is likely to happen and that two countries will continue to discuss what each side wants from the other. open.substack.com/pub/dexter/p...
Trade War
So much for the trade truce: China slaps wide-ranging new restrictions on rare earths. Trump calls Beijing’s move “rather sinister and hostile,” and retaliates with planned additional 100 percent tari...
open.substack.com
Reposted by Dexter Tiff Roberts
dtiffroberts.bsky.social
𝙃𝙤𝙬 𝙡𝙤𝙣𝙜 𝙝𝙖𝙫𝙚 𝙮𝙤𝙪 𝙧𝙚𝙖𝙙 𝙏𝙧𝙖𝙙𝙚 𝙒𝙖𝙧? 𝘾𝙤𝙣𝙨𝙞𝙙𝙚𝙧 𝙗𝙚𝙘𝙤𝙢𝙞𝙣𝙜 𝙖 𝙥𝙖𝙞𝙙 𝙨𝙪𝙗𝙨𝙘𝙧𝙞𝙗𝙚𝙧 𝙖𝙣𝙙 𝙣𝙚𝙫𝙚𝙧 𝙢𝙞𝙨𝙨 𝙖 𝙛𝙪𝙩𝙪𝙧𝙚 𝙞𝙨𝙨𝙪𝙚.
open.substack.com/pub/dexter/p...
Trade War
So much for the trade truce: China slaps wide-ranging new restrictions on rare earths. Trump calls Beijing’s move “rather sinister and hostile,” and retaliates with planned additional 100 percent tari...
open.substack.com
Reposted by Dexter Tiff Roberts
dtiffroberts.bsky.social
𝙉𝙤𝙩𝙖𝙗𝙡𝙚/𝙄𝙣 𝙙𝙚𝙥𝙩𝙝 ~
• Why China’s tech successes don’t drive rapid economic growth
• County governments “shuffling funds from one pocket to another”
• New book alert: “The Highest Exam: How the Gaokao Shapes China”
open.substack.com/pub/dexter/p...
Trade War
So much for the trade truce: China slaps wide-ranging new restrictions on rare earths. Trump calls Beijing’s move “rather sinister and hostile,” and retaliates with planned additional 100 percent tari...
open.substack.com
Reposted by Dexter Tiff Roberts
dtiffroberts.bsky.social
𝗪𝗼𝗿𝗹𝗱 𝗕𝗮𝗻𝗸 𝗿𝗲𝘃𝗶𝘀𝗲𝘀 𝗖𝗵𝗶𝗻𝗮 𝗴𝗿𝗼𝘄𝘁𝗵 𝘂𝗽𝘄𝗮𝗿𝗱𝘀 but predicts slowdown next year. The property market in much worse shape than thought, says S&P. And humanoid robot maker hoping for $6.4 billion IPO in Hong Kong next year. open.substack.com/pub/dexter/p...
Trade War
So much for the trade truce: China slaps wide-ranging new restrictions on rare earths. Trump calls Beijing’s move “rather sinister and hostile,” and retaliates with planned additional 100 percent tari...
open.substack.com
Reposted by Dexter Tiff Roberts
dtiffroberts.bsky.social
𝗖𝗼𝗺𝗺𝗲𝗿𝗰𝗲 𝗠𝗶𝗻𝗶𝘀𝘁𝗿𝘆 𝘀𝗽𝗼𝗸𝗲𝘀𝗽𝗲𝗿𝘀𝗼𝗻 𝗱𝗲𝗳𝗲𝗻𝗱𝘀 𝗿𝗮𝗿𝗲 𝗲𝗮𝗿𝘁𝗵 𝗺𝗼𝘃𝗲 as “legitimate action," criticizes US’s “willful threats of high tariffs.” And Beijing to levy port fees on US ships on Oct 14, same day as US does. open.substack.com/pub/dexter/p...
Trade War
So much for the trade truce: China slaps wide-ranging new restrictions on rare earths. Trump calls Beijing’s move “rather sinister and hostile,” and retaliates with planned additional 100 percent tari...
open.substack.com
Reposted by Dexter Tiff Roberts
dtiffroberts.bsky.social
𝙒𝙚𝙡𝙘𝙤𝙢𝙚 𝙩𝙤 𝙩𝙝𝙚 277𝙩𝙝 𝙚𝙙𝙞𝙩𝙞𝙤𝙣 𝙤𝙛 𝙏𝙧𝙖𝙙𝙚 𝙒𝙖𝙧.
𝗦𝗼 𝗺𝘂𝗰𝗵 𝗳𝗼𝗿 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝘁𝗿𝗮𝗱𝗲 𝘁𝗿𝘂𝗰𝗲: China slaps restrictions on rare earths. Trump calls move “rather sinister and hostile,” retaliates with 100% tariffs on Chinese. open.substack.com/pub/dexter/p...
Trade War
So much for the trade truce: China slaps wide-ranging new restrictions on rare earths. Trump calls Beijing’s move “rather sinister and hostile,” and retaliates with planned additional 100 percent tari...
open.substack.com
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niaocollective.bsky.social
It also means the welcome is conditional and can be taken away at any time. If the UK wants to kick HKers out, they can also just as easily and suddenly decide we are not productive or educated enough, and what then?
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niaocollective.bsky.social
One the one hand - thanks? On the other hand, seeing Brits do mental arithmetic on 'desirables vs undesirables' doesn't feel right. It seems like we're in the 'desirables' bucket simply because they think HKers are productive and not because they are actually deserving of some dignity as *people*
kjoules.org
“If Britain has no space for a group like the Hongkongers, then our national panic over immigration will surely have gone too far. This country needs some immigration, and if it is not the productive & educated exiles from Hong Kong, to whom we also have a moral duty, then who will we let in?”
Hong Kong’s migrants are the ones we need
Tightening the rules makes life harder for 160,000 highly educated and employable refugees
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dtiffroberts.bsky.social
𝙃𝙤𝙬 𝙡𝙤𝙣𝙜 𝙝𝙖𝙫𝙚 𝙮𝙤𝙪 𝙧𝙚𝙖𝙙 𝙏𝙧𝙖𝙙𝙚 𝙒𝙖𝙧? 𝘾𝙤𝙣𝙨𝙞𝙙𝙚𝙧 𝙗𝙚𝙘𝙤𝙢𝙞𝙣𝙜 𝙖 𝙥𝙖𝙞𝙙 𝙨𝙪𝙗𝙨𝙘𝙧𝙞𝙗𝙚𝙧 𝙖𝙣𝙙 𝙣𝙚𝙫𝙚𝙧 𝙢𝙞𝙨𝙨 𝙖 𝙛𝙪𝙩𝙪𝙧𝙚 𝙞𝙨𝙨𝙪𝙚.
open.substack.com/pub/dexter/p...
Trade War
So much for the trade truce: China slaps wide-ranging new restrictions on rare earths. Trump calls Beijing’s move “rather sinister and hostile,” and retaliates with planned additional 100 percent tari...
open.substack.com
dtiffroberts.bsky.social
𝙉𝙤𝙩𝙖𝙗𝙡𝙚/𝙄𝙣 𝙙𝙚𝙥𝙩𝙝 ~
• Why China’s tech successes don’t drive rapid economic growth
• County governments “shuffling funds from one pocket to another”
• New book alert: “The Highest Exam: How the Gaokao Shapes China”
open.substack.com/pub/dexter/p...
Trade War
So much for the trade truce: China slaps wide-ranging new restrictions on rare earths. Trump calls Beijing’s move “rather sinister and hostile,” and retaliates with planned additional 100 percent tari...
open.substack.com
dtiffroberts.bsky.social
𝗪𝗼𝗿𝗹𝗱 𝗕𝗮𝗻𝗸 𝗿𝗲𝘃𝗶𝘀𝗲𝘀 𝗖𝗵𝗶𝗻𝗮 𝗴𝗿𝗼𝘄𝘁𝗵 𝘂𝗽𝘄𝗮𝗿𝗱𝘀 but predicts slowdown next year. The property market in much worse shape than thought, says S&P. And humanoid robot maker hoping for $6.4 billion IPO in Hong Kong next year. open.substack.com/pub/dexter/p...
Trade War
So much for the trade truce: China slaps wide-ranging new restrictions on rare earths. Trump calls Beijing’s move “rather sinister and hostile,” and retaliates with planned additional 100 percent tari...
open.substack.com
dtiffroberts.bsky.social
𝗖𝗼𝗺𝗺𝗲𝗿𝗰𝗲 𝗠𝗶𝗻𝗶𝘀𝘁𝗿𝘆 𝘀𝗽𝗼𝗸𝗲𝘀𝗽𝗲𝗿𝘀𝗼𝗻 𝗱𝗲𝗳𝗲𝗻𝗱𝘀 𝗿𝗮𝗿𝗲 𝗲𝗮𝗿𝘁𝗵 𝗺𝗼𝘃𝗲 as “legitimate action," criticizes US’s “willful threats of high tariffs.” And Beijing to levy port fees on US ships on Oct 14, same day as US does. open.substack.com/pub/dexter/p...
Trade War
So much for the trade truce: China slaps wide-ranging new restrictions on rare earths. Trump calls Beijing’s move “rather sinister and hostile,” and retaliates with planned additional 100 percent tari...
open.substack.com
dtiffroberts.bsky.social
𝙒𝙚𝙡𝙘𝙤𝙢𝙚 𝙩𝙤 𝙩𝙝𝙚 277𝙩𝙝 𝙚𝙙𝙞𝙩𝙞𝙤𝙣 𝙤𝙛 𝙏𝙧𝙖𝙙𝙚 𝙒𝙖𝙧.
𝗦𝗼 𝗺𝘂𝗰𝗵 𝗳𝗼𝗿 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝘁𝗿𝗮𝗱𝗲 𝘁𝗿𝘂𝗰𝗲: China slaps restrictions on rare earths. Trump calls move “rather sinister and hostile,” retaliates with 100% tariffs on Chinese. open.substack.com/pub/dexter/p...
Trade War
So much for the trade truce: China slaps wide-ranging new restrictions on rare earths. Trump calls Beijing’s move “rather sinister and hostile,” and retaliates with planned additional 100 percent tari...
open.substack.com
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gilduran.com
Thiel’s main Antichrist argument is that politics should be framed apocalyptically, and that Silicon Valley—potentially an agent of the Antichrist—should be empowered to do whatever it wishes because it alone can save (or destroy) the world.

www.thenerdreich.com/peter-thiel-...
Peter Thiel says Antichrist ‘Wants a Nobel Peace Prize.‘
Leaked Highlights from Tech Billionaire's Secret Antichrist Lectures
www.thenerdreich.com