Comments by "annoyed aussie" (@annoyedaussie3942) on "Trudeau PUTS THE DAGGER in Trump who CAN’T HANDLE IT" video.
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His offer of anyone who spends a billion dollars gets quick approval won't attract investment, US people will be poorer so a shrinking market and if Trump follows through a country that is completely isolationist with trade.
Compare that to my region which I'll call ASEAN plus. Certain ASEAN countries have free trade agreements under the CPTPP Malaysia and Vietnam. While generally these agreements lower tariffs over time those 2 countries plus Australia, New Zealand and Singapore which have the same market size but higher wages. Our market size for all countries mentioned with some having even more is China, South Korea, Japan, all ASEAN countries, UK, Canada, Mexico, Chile and Peru. That's slightly bigger than the US domestic market. These are the sorts of countries multinational manufacturers want to invest in because of the free trading markets available. Certain investors if they wanted a high end manufacturing plant where the government is stable etc. might consider countries like Australia, New Zealand and Singapore.
Another thing that's likely to occur but not certain is general investment flows into the US might reduce because of serious instability. I am sort of referring to indirect investments by pension funds etc. into the US stock market.
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