Global Trade Relations

Countries tend to trade with neighboring countries, countries who need what they don’t have or have enough of, countries where they have strong supply chain relations and no economic barriers like tariffs, sanctions or taxes and countries that are aligned with them on political issues.

Trade relations shift over time based on changes in these trading principles. Wars and hostility between countries reduces trade between groups of countries on opposing sides.

Trade relations limit the individual companies who are engaged in trade based on price, quality, reliability and trade history. But current trade relations are being challenged by the US using sanctions and Tariffs against Iran, China and Russia.

The US has taken issue with Iran on its nuclear weapons development and funding Islamic Terrorism and has imposed sanctions and enlisted Arab countries to put pressure on Iran.

The US took issue with North Korea over its nuclear weapons and missile development program.

The US has taken issue with China on its theft of US intellectual property and Japanese islands and excessive trade imbalance and has imposed Tariffs.

The US has sanctions on Russia for its actions in Ukraine and confronted Russia in Syria.

The US has threatened Tariffs to get Mexico to help end the Migrant Caravan and Drug Cartel Invasions.

The US has rejected the Climate Change hoax, the UN Refugee Program, the Open Borders scam and other UN and EU policies. Other countries are beginning to agree with the US.

War has been replaced by trade sanctions and tariffs. The goal is to replace war with fair competition in trade with better and cheaper products and productive countries.

World War I and World War II were caused by German and Japanese land grabs. The Cold War dealt with Communist insurgency. Today we are dealing with China, North Korea, Russia and Iran.

The US is encouraging national sovereignty, bi-lateral balanced trade and the expansion of private sector economies to provide jobs for citizens.

We may see Turkey side with Russia because of proximity, tradition and oil pipelines, but the US is expanding its oil production to compete.

We may see the EU dissolve as member countries recognize that they will do better as sovereign economies.

Europe needs to decide whether Russia is an enemy or a trading partner. The role of NATO needs to be redefined.

The UN has become more irrelevant and needs to abandon its global governance delusions. Socialism is in decline.

Norb Leahy, Dunwoody GA Tea Party Leader