Could China Seize or Nationalize US Factories And Assets If Trade Relations Deteriorate?

by luigi1- in god we trust Posted 2010/02/04 23:33:32

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china may nationalize usa interests if a trade war materializes. china has the upper hand & claims this is one war the usa will lose. obama is also taking a hard stand.

war materializes china upper hand claims war usa lose obama

Patriotic 2010/03/09 04:44:12 (edited)

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I don't know why everyone is trying to blame this issue on Obama. China owned America way before he took office. Our leaders (Republican & Democrat) have sold us down the river a long time ago. Wake up people, and quit pointing the finger at one person or party. It's all irrelevant in the grand scheme of things. When we point fingers at Obama or Bush, we are playing into the hands of the special interests. They have no loyalty to any country or party. They only care about money and power.
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NakedWombat 2010/03/10 21:28:18

Globalism is about the socialists stealing everything around the world and the stupid idiots of the West just keep handing everything over.

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jimiwhitten 2010/03/10 20:49:19

Hold on guys - China has to have someone to sell to - it is in their best interest to keep us able to buy!

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Rob 2010/03/09 05:10:14

They already own us.....if they dumped all their treasury holdings we would be done....Why do you think that Geithner keeps going over there. This isn't new, but Obama put his foot hard on the accelerator.

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Patriotic 2010/03/09 04:44:12 (edited)

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I don't know why everyone is trying to blame this issue on Obama. China owned America way before he took office. Our leaders (Republican & Democrat) have sold us down the river a long time ago. Wake up people, and quit pointing the finger at one person or party. It's all irrelevant in the grand scheme of things. When we point fingers at Obama or Bush, we are playing into the hands of the special interests. They have no loyalty to any country or party. They only care about money and power.

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ItsAlwa... to Patriotic 2010/03/09 22:05:55

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Someone who actually uses their head...thank you.

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NakedWo... to Patriotic 2010/03/10 21:29:20

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Well said.

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trinali... to Patriotic 2011/09/26 21:01:58

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Okay, look. China owned the US $900 billion dollars! But now the US owns about 14 trillion! And if you round it, it's almost $15 trillion http://www.usdebtclock.org/

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trinali... to Patriotic 2012/08/16 05:55:23

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okay... even though i wrote my comment a long time ago, i just realized that i pointed out something quite obvious.. anyways, my point was I dont think Obama would've owed china THAT much in 4 years so he shouldnt be the one being blamed like what the dude named Patriotic said. he didn't start this. even though he's like... not on of my favorite presidents, i don't think he should be blamed for something that started a long time ago before he served the us as a president. sure, I'm chinese and sure, i'm very young, only 12 years old, but i know i have enough common sense to know what's right and should be done most of the time and blaming obama for the economy now is not gonna help. what's really gonna help is for some people to start working and not slack off too much. honest comment.

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Patriotic to trinali... 2012/08/17 21:29:52

Thank you for your honesty and for participating at such a young age. Stay involved and keep growing.

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JCD aka "biz" 2010/03/08 13:39:43

How can you nationalize companies which are not located in your own country?

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HerrDoctor 2010/03/08 01:00:18
killa 2010/03/07 20:07:21

The Apocalypse is slowly approaching my friends. :) Prepare For The Nukes. But seriously, this could go wrong. Could you imagine....China vs. US? I'm sure the US would win but nobody will win once nukes are flying everywhere.

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574I2CI... to killa 2010/03/09 04:58:01

Well get them 1st, we have powerful biological weapons. :)

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♥Nicole Nataliah♥ 2010/03/07 17:39:45

China already owns most of our debt that we will NEVER be able to pay back. Communist China will OWN us in the future, sadly the near future I fear. America is entering a point of no return era.

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Crazy Bill to ♥Nicole... 2010/03/07 23:52:10

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What kills me is that I have seen this coming for well over 25 years. I worked at a company that sold a high tech automatic semiconductor tester to China in 1985 and they paid cash and never talked to us again. It was obvious they wanted to reverse engineer even back then. So why did Uncle Ronnie and every politician since ignore the situation? This is the result of ignorance in government in both parties, so why aren't we cleaning house of all the old dead wood? Since both Japan and China are heavily invested in our real estate it could get real interesting.

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ItsAlwa... to Curious... 2010/03/09 22:11:31

That would be one of the worst policy decisions ever...They trump us on aspect that everyone overlooks - they have people, and lots of them. Would you join the military and fly over to China to fight against them? They outnumber us 3-1 and their people are "more" willing to go to war if the government forces them. If you don't go to war here, you are sent to prison and get feed three times a day. If you don't go to war over there, you are most likely shot and made an example of...

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Curious... to ItsAlwa... 2010/03/12 05:45:17

i said trade war you dumb ass, not an actual shooting war. hell that would be ww 3...... but then again we do have a missile shield to shoot down there nukes while ours would fry them if that nightmare ever came true.

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ItsAlwa... to Curious... 2010/03/12 17:07:01
Curious... to ItsAlwa... 2010/03/13 01:06:24 (edited)
Radlad 2010/03/07 01:45:51

With as much capital China has invested in the USA they probably already own the country. China has tried to tell this knucklehead obummer to knock off the spending. Cause that's China's money obummer is spending. They need the USA to remain viable or they too may go belly up...............

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gsteinum 2010/03/06 11:33:45 (edited)

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china , in my opinion, can do that at any time, irregardless of the current trade conditions. they can not as your graphic implies, nationalize any chinese investments in the u.s. will they? who can figure out the inscrutable chinese? they don't seem to be headed in that direction, by any known measure. there is more than the u.s. putting pressure on china to accurately value their currency, according to article cited. china has much invested in their trade with the u.s. to me, it seems likely, they will loose a major source of income should they nationalize, as the u.s. could stop trading with them. other nations that are pressuring them could do this as well. it is abundantly clear, as this is a long-standing problem, that china will not accurately value their currency until forced to do so. the criticism lodged by many countries at china is valid.

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luigi1-... to gsteinum 2010/03/06 12:56:45 (edited)

china has invested heavy in usa malls, highrises, theme parks, cattle, agriculture & industry. one thing for sure, thigs go sour, they just can't pick up these assets & take them home.

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Crazy Bill 2010/03/05 22:57:00

China does own us due to a series of bad presidents on both sides. The only war we can win with China would be to nuke them and that would turn ugly in a heartbeat.

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Capital... to Crazy Bill 2010/03/06 00:03:43

we would desimate china...YAY Aircraft Carriers!!! Economicly we are screwed.

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Red high priestess in Nyx I... 2010/03/05 19:16:42

No they shouldn't own us!

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Colbert 2010/03/05 09:38:59

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We've been owned by China for a long time.

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MoonshineMotor 2010/03/05 04:46:03 (edited)

If only we could sell something to China that we have that they want and that will forgive our debt. What about all of the scrap metal from all of the cars turned in from the cash for clunkers program? The government could buy it and then sell it to China and India for a higher price. Those two countries have a huge demand for scrap metal to develop their nations.

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Colbert to Moonshi... 2010/03/05 09:39:39

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We already have, our future.

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Moonshi... to Colbert 2010/03/09 18:57:44

What about all of the scrap metal from all of the cars turned in from the cash for clunkers program? The government could buy it and then sell it to China and India for a higher price. Those two countries have a huge demand for scrap metal to develop their nations.

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ItsAlwa... to Moonshi... 2010/03/09 22:16:42

Our national debt is over $13,000,000,000,000.00 (thats trillion). If we sold our scrap metal for $10.00 a pound, we would need 1,300,000,000,000 pounds of scrap metal. If every car produced 2.5 tons (5,000 pounds) or scrap metal, we would need 260,000,000 cars...Close to one car per person in the U.S.

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Moonshi... to ItsAlwa... 2010/03/09 22:40:29

Plenty of junk yards and red neck front yards to pick from. Just a suggestion. We may be able to find that much. I have other ideas too.

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Colbert to Moonshi... 2010/03/10 01:51:14

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Let's put those rednecks to good use.

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Moonshi... to Colbert 2010/03/10 05:24:18

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lol yeah!

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Colbert to Moonshi... 2010/03/10 01:50:40

Scrap metal isn't an endless supply, and if we sold it all, would we have any for our factories?

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Moonshi... to Colbert 2010/03/10 05:24:05

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I mean the big chunks that no regular citizen is willing to get off their ass and have it recycled. This may not be endless, but it can help greatly.

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Colbert to Moonshi... 2010/03/10 07:05:44

I can see how selling scrap metal could temporarily give us an income, but looking to the long-run picture, what could we do to improve that outlook?

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Moonshi... to Colbert 2010/03/10 17:06:58

If America switched to more renewable energy sources we could sell our coal to china. You know how much they love coal and their leaded gasoline! lol.

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Colbert to Moonshi... 2010/03/11 03:14:24

Yes, we have plenty of coal.

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Runnin Bear 2010/02/05 12:55:32

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I bet he is?lolThe only thing that bothers Obama is Obama?he so stuck on himself its a wonder he can't even get along without teleprompters.He still thinks he campaigning for a job and not trying to run this country,and if he wastes the rest of the money they didn't spend by not paying of the debt he won't have to worry about it much longer.

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