Comments by "Valen Ron" (@valenrn8657) on "China’s using Australia as a ‘proxy punching bag’ for the US: John Howard" video.

Japan's population size is about 126 million with a low birth rate which limits their economies of scale. The alternative to China is India, hence "The Quad" security group. The Australian government should continue the "baby bonus" program to scale Australia's economies of scale via the native growth method. CANZUK group has about 134 million population. Current CPTPP has about 495 million population size without factoring UK's entry into the group. CANZUK group = 134 million population Japan (CPTPP member) =126 million population Mexcio (CPTPP member) =127 million population CPTPP + UK = 562 million population
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Telsa doesn't need "Holden" name.
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That's BS. CCP is a hypocrite when it has higher protectionist policies e.g. Australians can't buy land in China. www.china-briefing.com/news/china-2020-negative-list-market-access/ China's Negative List of Market Access (2020 Edition), Restricted: Sector-wise items (aka Protectionist list)
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The Australian government is investigating the Australian soldiers who did the massacre in Afghanistan. The international court is not needed when there's a functional and independent legal system.
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@midlifebiker7424 Germany, Japan, and South Korea still have a strong manufacturing sector.
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@peternut358 GM was bleeding money and Australian tax dollars are being funnelled into it.
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Bobby Rubarb 1. In terms of population size, NZ is a smaller country with a weaker economic is scale when compared to Australia. 2. Different cultures have different assimilation rates. http://www.rediff.com/news/2008/jun/06spec.htm http://im.rediff.com/news/2008/jun/07look.jpg One Nation is correct on certain immigration groups has lower assimilation rates.
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@silveriver9 Wrong, From https://tradebarrierindex.org New Zealand's tariff score is 2.92 Australia's tariff score is 3.08 Japan's tariff score is 406 US's tariff score is 4.58 Germany's tariff score is 4.92 EU's tariff score is 4.92 China's tariff score is 6.8 South Korea's tariff score is 7.35 Nations with a larger population than Australia have a higher tariff score. Note that the EU operates like the United States of Europe in the areas of the common market and customs union. Lower is better.
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@silveriver9 Wrong, https://www.reuters.com/article/uk-britain-eu-autos-germany-idUSKCN1PA173 German carmakers on Wednesday warned of fatal consequences if Britain left the European Union without a divorce deal, predicting job losses in Britain and Europe and urging lawmakers to redouble efforts to ensure tariff-free trade can continue In 2016, Britain was the largest single export market for German manufacturers, who sold 800,000 new cars there, or 20 percent of their overall global exports. Fewer cars are exported to China and U.S. because German carmakers have factories there.
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@silveriver9 Wrong https://www.assetfinanceinternational.com/index.php/auto-finance/auto-emea/auto-emea-articles/19890-auto-makers-in-uk-and-germany-express-optimism-for-post-brexit-although-remarketing-concerns-emerge In 2020 the UK was the largest export market for German car makers. You're wrong.
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@silveriver9 On China issue https://graphitepublications.com/will-chinas-outrageous-rare-earth-monopoly-persist/ China's rare earth near-monopoly was built on SOE (state-own enterprise) which driven private competitors from the market. Rare earth is important for the electronics component production logistics chain. Heavy importers of these REEs such as the U.S., Germany, and Japan believe these rationales disguise China’s true exploitative motive: to force foreign factories to move to China to keep their costs low and their supply high -------------- https://www.forbes.com/sites/douglasbulloch/2016/10/12/protectionism-may-be-rising-around-the-world-but-in-china-it-never-went-away/#5dc3f5df73da Protectionism May Be Rising Around The World, But In China It Never Went Away Promises unkept? Since joining the WTO in 2001, China has repeatedly insisted that it will live up to those undertakings made on entry. In particular, the use of currency manipulation has been identified by the US as a breech of the commitment to end price controls for the purposes of protecting domestic industries. This became a major political issue from 2005 onwards, and has only recently subsided because it is assumed that the RMB is slightly overvalued on the market. Nevertheless, for years it was deliberate policy for the PBoC to accumulate US Dollars and suppress the exchange rate for the RMB, resulting in exactly the price distortions China had committed to eliminate in 2001, and fuelling an enormous trade surplus with the US, which persists and expands to this day. http://www.wsj.com/articles/SB10001424052748703321004575427050544485366 After securing Rare-Earth monopoly, China Dangles Rare-Earth Resources to Lure Investment BEIJING—China is cautiously using rare-earth resources as bait for foreign investment that could bring in sophisticated technologies that it needs. Industry and government officials have begun talking about a Chinese government plan to offer access to its rare-earth resources—which are used in products such as hybrid-car batteries and missiles and are under strict export restrictions—to get companies including electronics manufacturers and auto makers to set up rare-earth-processing plants in China. Try again.
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@silveriver9 For US and South Korea trade relationship From washingtonpost.com/world/asia_pacific/south-korea-agrees-to-open-auto-market-in-return-for-exemption-from-steel-tariffs/2018/03/26/05eb3b22-3100-11e8-9759-56e51591e250_story.html Under the Trump administration, South Korea agrees to open the auto market in return for exemption from steel tariffs US's large market size was useful leverage to force change in South Korea i.e. open its auto industry. Australia, NZ, and Canada would need something like CANZUK (with 134 million population) to have some strength with trade bargaining position.
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@silveriver9 Australia's rare earth wealth is not being utilized like China's rare earth leverage to attract tech manufacturing activity.
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It's a lesson to diversify the trading relationships.
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