Sunshine (she/her)@lemmy.caM to Boycott US@lemmy.caEnglish · 9 days agoTrump calls Japan 'very spoiled' as he floats idea of imposing 30% or 35% tariffjapantoday.comexternal-linkmessage-square38fedilinkarrow-up1132arrow-down13file-text
arrow-up1129arrow-down1external-linkTrump calls Japan 'very spoiled' as he floats idea of imposing 30% or 35% tariffjapantoday.comSunshine (she/her)@lemmy.caM to Boycott US@lemmy.caEnglish · 9 days agomessage-square38fedilinkfile-text
minus-squareZDL@lazysoci.allinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2·8 days agoWAY more than enough. A sudden sale of 1% of the T-Bills in circulation would be devastating. Japan owns 4.3% of them. (The UK has 3.1% and China 2.9%.) Japan alone could make the US squeal like a piggy. If they coordinate with China (possible) and/or the UK (far less likely), it’s an economic nuke.
WAY more than enough.
A sudden sale of 1% of the T-Bills in circulation would be devastating.
Japan owns 4.3% of them. (The UK has 3.1% and China 2.9%.)
Japan alone could make the US squeal like a piggy. If they coordinate with China (possible) and/or the UK (far less likely), it’s an economic nuke.