Perhaps it’s time for a return to ‘trade by barter’?

If America believe it has been and is being taken advantage of, and as such, slaps on tariffs, why is the rest of the world having a hissy fit? Should it not be a simple exercise of rebalancing trade? Or could it be, that America was indeed being taken advantage of?
Let’s see where it all ends.

Today, the stock markets, globally, had a meltdown! How is it, that our financial systems are so easily spooked? Were these tariffs not expected? Did Trump not repeatedly state for months, that if he returns to the White House, he will slap on these tariffs?
Have the world not had over 2 months, since Trump took office, to prepare?

Perhaps it’s time for a return to trade by barter?! You fancy my apple? I fancy your orange. Care to swap? …

Published by knowsharebletch

an everyday professional wondering (as many others do daily) what all the animosity is all about? we all came with nothing (as babies), didn’t choose where we popped out and we will all leave (when we die) with nothing.

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