US 🇺🇸 Tariff China 🇨🇳 are we in a weaker position?

[Over70irregs]

Could be that India is willing to work with the U.S. on imbalances in exchange for gaining investment from Apple and others. What we would gain is a trading partner that isn't trying to steal our technology or assert itself as dominant in an ever expanding sphere of influence. Culturally and ideologically India is very different from China.

What is the “I” in BRICS?

 

[newfie]

Reality is what it is. Your job is to be open and prepare for what is to come.

the path of prepartion is through the details that evolve. If i read my own assumptions or biases into the process then i could very well prepare for the wrong outcome.

 

[newfie]

What is the “I” in BRICS?

another question might be who is challenging the alliance and concept of brics?

 

[vantexan]

What is the “I” in BRICS?

Doesn't mean they pose the threat China does.

 

[newfie]

Doesn’t look like we have to worry about China cheating. Those tariffs and jobs are being driven away from that place to where they belong. In………………. View attachment 518285

i believe we discussed this on one of the other threads . Apple is building in the US and India .

United States​

• $500B Investment (2025-2029): Expands facilities, jobs, AI, silicon engineering, and advanced manufacturing.
• New Texas Factory: 250,000 sq. ft. in Houston, opening 2026, for Apple Intelligence servers.
• Data Center Expansion: Upgrades in NC, IA, OR, AZ, NV, focusing on renewable energy.
• Advanced Manufacturing Academy: Free training in Detroit for smart manufacturing.
• Doubled Manufacturing Fund: $5B to $10B, supports TSMC’s Arizona chip facility.
• Solar Projects: 132 MW in Michigan, online in 2025.
• Job Creation: ~20,000 new jobs in R&D, AI, and manufacturing.

India​

• iPhone Production Shift: All U.S.-bound iPhones assembled in India by 2026.
• Production Growth: $22B in iPhones (2024-2025), targeting 20% increase; Foxconn Chennai plant key.
• New Facilities:
  • Foxconn’s 300-acre plant in Noida, Uttar Pradesh.
  • Tata’s 60% stake in Pegatron’s Tamil Nadu plant.
  • Two new factories by Foxconn and Tata.
• Worker Housing: Thousands of residential units planned.
• Solar Projects: 14.4 MW rooftop solar with CleanMax for Apple operations.
• Water Projects: 6.9B gallons of water benefits in Telangana and Maharashtra over 20 years.

 

[Over70irregs]

Very few men walk their path with boldness. Most just yell at the world while time passes them by. Even fewer walk around with an aura that changes outcomes. Still walking…

 

[Over70irregs]

Doesn't mean they pose the threat China does.

India is set to become the third-largest economy by 2030-31 with projected annual growth of 6.7%​

Growth is everything. After them its Africa in 2050 believe. I could be off on that number

 

[vantexan]

India is set to become the third-largest economy by 2030-31 with projected annual growth of 6.7%​

Growth is everything. After them its Africa

And still doesn't mean they'll become the enemy. With the world's largest population the sky is the limit for them. But like China they have a huge amount of people to pull out of poverty.

 

[newfie]

India is set to become the third-largest economy by 2030-31 with projected annual growth of 6.7%​

Growth is everything. After them its Africa

with over a billion people and a country that is rich in natural resources and farmland I'm kind of surprised it has taken them this long.

 

[Over70irregs]

with over a billion people and a country that is rich in natural resources and farmland I'm kind of surprised it has taken them this long.

Chinas infrastructure is damn good. Indias birthrate is killing it right now. They are next up.

 

[Over70irregs]

And still doesn't mean they'll become the enemy. With the world's largest population the sky is the limit for them. But like China they have a huge amount of people to pull out of poverty.

I don’t believe they will become an enemy. That enemy stuff is weak cover for $ printing.

 

[newfie]

Chinas infrastructure is damn good. Indias birthrate is killing it right now. They are next up.

china's infrastructure is well developed where they need it to be . the rest is under developed.
india's birthrate has been declining the past decade from over 20 per thousand to the 16 range
if birthrates equaled economic success africa would be the next economic super power with birth rates in the 40's per 1000

 

[Over70irregs]

china's infrastructure is well developed where they need it to be . the rest is under developed.
india's birthrate has been declining the past decade from over 20 per thousand to the 16 range
if birthrates equaled economic success africa would be the next economic super power with birth rates in the 40's per 1000

You have a point. I’m seeing Africa as a large future consumer base. There is no incentive to allow them to superpower status. I see that continent as a human civilization full circle. I have been studying China culture started by Africans. Fascinating wiped history.

 

[vantexan]

I don’t believe they will become an enemy. That enemy stuff is weak cover for $ printing.

Then what's your pointing concerning BRICS?

 

[vantexan]

You have a point. I’m seeing Africa as a large future consumer base. There is no incentive to allow them to superpower status. I see that continent as a human civilization full circle. I have been studying China culture started by Africans. Fascinating wiped history.
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There were other black populations in Australasia. The Australian aborigines, the Papua New Guinean's, Solomon Islanders, Melanesians, Micronesians, a small group in the Philippines, the Sentinelese, some groups in India. Doesn't mean that the Chinese and other Asians are actually black. Two distinct races.

 

[Over70irregs]

Then what's your pointing concerning BRICS?

They are a reality because they know we won’t go quietly. We know how we roll. We are spiteful but that is us. We will cope.

 

[vantexan]

They are a reality because they know we won’t go quietly. We know how we roll. We are spiteful but that is us. We will cope.

Speak for yourself. I have no idea how you just rolled.

 

[Over70irregs]

There were other black populations in Australasia. The Australian aborigines, the Papua New Guinean's, Solomon Islanders, Melanesians, Micronesians, a small group in the Philippines, the Sentinelese, some groups in India. Doesn't mean that the Chinese and other Asians are actually black. Two distinct races.

It was just interesting that XI said they have been around 5000 years. So I was like hmm who was there before them. Anyone claiming 5k years is definitely not original. Kinda like the Cheddar man from Britain .

 

[vantexan]

It was just interesting that XI said they have been around 5000 years. So I was like hmm who was there before them. Anyone claiming 5k years is definitely not original. Kinda like the Cheddar man from Britain .
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Do you look at "Highly Compelling" on YouTube? Some interesting videos on early man.

 

[Lineandinitial]

Very few men walk their path with boldness. Most just yell at the world while time passes them by. Even fewer walk around with an aura that changes outcomes. Still walking…

Such a profoundly stupid comment.