Comments by "Withnail1969" (@Withnail1969) on "Putin promises ‘immediate’ ceasefire if Ukraine drops Nato bid I Ukraine: The Latest, Podcast" video.

  1. people would just buy less if the goods became more expensive. it wouldnt help. also we simply arent powerful enough to tell China what to do.
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  2. meaningless since dollars are not used in Russia, nor are the currencies traded against each other.
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  3.  @dod_the_angel  Nonsense, Ali Express is crammed with the cheapest goods in the world, made in China.
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  4. actually the rules are they can only be frozen.
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  5.  @sebastianforbes1  India compare to China industrially? i never see made in India on stuff I buy, ever. At this point, nowhere compares to China.
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  6.  @dod_the_angel  lol we cant meaningfully sanction China and we won't. imagine what they could do to us in return.
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  7.  @stephenhill545  Presumably trading in rubles stopped everywhere in the West since we don't trade with Russia. There is no use for rubles.
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  8.  @ronmonks6325  Sure they could, but they won't. If we don't like it we can go elsewhere, except there's nowhere else comparable.
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  9.  @sebastianforbes1  That's right, one way or another we all pay.
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  10.  @stephenhill545  If America and Europe try to do without Chinese goods, our economies will collapse. People can't afford a 500% price increase on everything they buy.
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  11.  @coodudeman but i'm not wrong.
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  12.  @gordonferries-scott7857  Well it certainly seems like we are going to exploit that loophole. It won't win the war. Wars can only be won with real things, not fake money.
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  13. Well we could make those demands if we win the war, but we are losing the war.
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  14. Russia intends to win, not freeze it. If they do win, and it looks like they will, they will severely weaken 'the West'.
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