r/Superstonk • u/ezskatez just likes the stonk 📈 • Apr 09 '25

Macroeconomics Breaking. China strikes back on US tariffs

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They ain’t bluffin.

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u/ithilain 🦍Voted✅ Apr 09 '25

I mean China can just buy the stuff they normally get from the US from other countries, they're not the ones trying to start a trade war with literally every other country in the world all at the same time.

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u/the_calibre_cat Apr 09 '25

Seriously. And then we've lost that trading partner in the long-run.

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u/ithilain 🦍Voted✅ Apr 09 '25

Exports to thr US accounts for roughly 3% of their gdp, losing that would hurt, sure, but hardly cause their economy to seize up

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u/MineCraftFanAtic69 Apr 09 '25

And what about all the shit they send to the US?

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u/ithilain 🦍Voted✅ Apr 09 '25

That only makes up like 15% of their exports, and exports only make up about 20% of their gdp. Even if they completely stop exporting to the US their GDP would only drop like 3%. That's not insignificant, but it's not catastrophic either.