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If you thought missiles were disruptive to trade, wait til you see what policy can do (infosec.pub)

submitted 4 months ago by anton@lemmy.blahaj.zone to c/noncrediblediplomacy@sh.itjust.works

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cross-posted from: https://lemmy.ml/post/27833143

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DISRUPT INTERNATIONAL SHIPPING NOW!!

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Niche ocean carrier Atlantic Container Line is warning the fines the U.S. government is considering hitting Chinese-built freight vessels with would force it to leave the United States and throw the global supply chain out of balance, potentially fueling freight rates not seen since Covid.

“This hits American exporters and importers worse than anybody else,” said Andrew Abbott, CEO of ACL. “If this happens, we’re out of business and we’re going to have to shut down.”

[...] U.S. is no position to win an economic war that places ocean carriers using Chinese-made vessels in the middle. Soon, Chinese-made vessels will represents 98% of the trade ships on the world’s oceans.

Hey, Abdul-Malik Badr Al-Din Al-Houthi, how'd I do?

Thank you Mr. President, that's exactly what I meant. But why-

Another day, another banger

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[–] lurch@sh.itjust.works 6 points 4 months ago

Snar guy meme captioned: if you disrupt your shipping first; nobody else can disrupt it

[–] LorIps@lemmy.world 3 points 4 months ago

You Libtards just don't get it. God-President Trump, praise be to God, knows that if the US cannot import goods anymoee it will become a successful autarkical economy, like Spain under Franco or North Korea.