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said"
Heyson,youdon'
tneedtothisIcanbuyyouone.Don'
tmakeitathomeifitcost
youmoretomakethantobuy."
After5minutesIsaid"
Why"
andafteranother5
minutesmyfathersaid"
Becauseyourdadsaidso!
"
Thatwasnotajoke,until
now.AfterIgrewupIknewthatthat'
sjustacommonsenseofmankindandit'
sreally
ridiculoustoaskwhy.
Sodoyoubelievewhatmyfathersaid"
Nevermakeitathomeifitcostyoumore
tomakethantobuy"
?
Ofcourseyoudobecauseyouaremuchcleverthanme.AndI
won'
ttrytomakeachairbymyself,insteadI'
llbuyitfromIKEAandtheSwedishwill
notmakesilkathomeaslongastheycanbuycheapsilkfromChina.Andthe
Americanstheydon'
tneedtomakeanythingbecausethesedayseverythingismadein
China.
SoIthinkthat'
sprudenceineveryprivatefamily.AndalsoinTheWealthofNation
whichhandappearedmorethan2centuriesagosaidthat"
Ineverycountryitalwaysis
andmustbetheinterestofthegreatbodyofthepeopletobuywhatevertheywantfromwhosellitcheapest."
Ifyouinsisttomakesomethingthatcostyoumoretomake
thantobuy.Thenyoumustbeverystupid.
Butcountiresaredoingthiskindofstupidthings.InChinaweneedtopay
80%~200%tariffforimportcars.Thegovernmentsaysthatithastoprotecttheinfant
industry.Thereare10domesticautomobilebrandsinChinaandhereisoneofthem
calledBYD(BuildYourDream).
TheCEOofBYDcompanycamefromthesameprovincewithmeandhestarted
hisautomobilebusinessin2005andbecametherichestpersoninChinamainlandin
2009.AtthattimeIthought"
It'
sreallyahugeinfant."
AsIknow,2009wasthe
nightmareofalotofcarmanufactures.GMlost$6billion,Toyotalost$7.78
billion,Fordlost$1.4billion.Volkswagenlost€279millionandBMWlost€150
million.GMevenenteredbankruptcyprotectionmorethan400seniorexecutiveslost
theirjobs.ButatthesametimetheChinesecarmanufacturesweresohappyjustlike
fishinthewater.AndtherewasasmallcompanyeventriedtobuyHummerfromGM.
Fortunatelyitfailedatlast.Chinesecarmanufacturesjustneedtoputgarbagestogether
andputthegarbagecarsintomarketthentheycanmakeeasymoneybecausenormal
Chinesepeoplewhogetaverage$350permonthcannotaffordfortheexpensive
importcars.Themanufacturerstheydon'
tcareandtheydon'
tneedtodevelopnew
technologybecauseChinaisabigmarketsotheydon'
tneedtoselltheirproducts
abroadsincetheycangetenoughmoneyfromChina.That'
sthereasonwhyChinadoes
nothaveanyinternationalbrandslikeKFC,IKEA,CKandsoon.Theyareselling
prettygoodbecausepeoplehavenochoices.Butiftheyaresoldinothercountries
nobodywouldbuythem.WillyoubuyaChinesecaratthesamepricewiththeBMW?
Sothetariffonlymakesthecommunistpartyandthebusinessmenrichbutmakeour
brandshavenocompetitivenessintheworld.
Andthat'
sthereasonwhyUSalwaysbashesChinaoverunfairtrade.Butthese
daystheUSseldomdothat,Iguessthatmaybeononehand,we'
velentthemsomuch
moneyandontheotherhandtheUSwascaughtforusingtradebarrierstoprotectits
ownsteelindustry.
Therewere800,000steelworkersintheUSinthe1960sbutin2002therewereonly
160,000ofthem,andin1999,theUnitedSteelworkersofAmerica(USWA)launcheda
StandupforSteel"
operationandtriedtopressforgreaterimportcontrols.Thesteel
bosseswenttothecongressandtoldthecommitteethatitwouldbeadisasterforthem
iftheydon'
trisethetariffonforeignsteelbecausetheysellthesteelfor$500perton
buttheEUcouldsellitssteelofthesamequalityforonly$400perton,oadutyof
$100isnecessarytokeeptheminbusiness.Andofcoursehesaiditwasnotfor
himselfbutforthehundredsandthousandsemployeeswhoworkforthemandifthey
losttheirjobs,theirpurchasepowerwouldfalldown,soothercompanieswillbe
effectedaswell.TheysaidnothingwrongandtheysucceededinMay2002asPresident
GeorgeWBushimposedsteeltariffsfrom8percentto30percentinordertosavethe
Americansteelindustryandtheremaining160,000jobs.
ThisdecisionisthelargesttradeprotectiongrandsincePresidentReagantook
similarstepstoprotectthesameindustry.It'
seasytoseethatPresidentReagan'
s
decisiondidnotworkmuchsincethe
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