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2026-02-19 Economy

Beijing's T-bond trim indicative of an eventual dollar dump

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Posted by Skidmark 2026-02-19 00:00|| E-Mail|| Front Page|| [1761 views ] Top
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1 So you're the CFO of China and you've got the equivalent of (say) $1 trillion lying around. Rule No. 1 is you can't buy US dollars, US bonds, or US stocks. What's your next move, other than fleeing the country?

Posted by Matt 2026-02-19 11:06|| 2026-02-19 11:06|| Front Page Top

2 How China plans to dominate global trade long after Trump

Beijing is exploiting the uncertainty created by Trump to try to stitch China's vast manufacturing base into the world's biggest economic blocs, including the European Union, Gulf States and a trans-Pacific trade pact, a Reuters examination found. The push involves accelerating efforts to clinch some 20 trade deals in total, many years in the making, despite widespread concerns about China's overproduction, uneven market access and soft domestic demand.
A Reuters review of 100 Chinese-language articles by state-backed trade scholars written since 2017 reveals a systematic push by China's policy advisers to reverse-engineer U.S. trade policy and neutralize Washington's containment strategy.

Posted by Skidmark 2026-02-19 11:10|| 2026-02-19 11:10|| Front Page Top

3 How China plans to dominate global trade long after Trump

We desperately need to aggressively enter this 'long game' play or we risk losing what little edge we have remaining.

Posted by Besoeker 2026-02-19 11:14|| 2026-02-19 11:14|| Front Page Top

4 Just spit-balling mind you...

If you were planning to reap the benefits of a mid-term tidal-wave of radical-demokrat friends, causing a Dow Dump and dollar crash in September would seem a good time to offset the effects of the planned Trump 250th celebrations and Convention propaganda-palooza push.

Does anyone doubt that the ChiComs might be willing to spend that much to neuter Trump's last 2 years?

Indicators and warning on domestic allies portfolio moves in CalPers and Goldman Sachs to reduce downside losses would be a tell...as would long, deep put contracts initiated in late August!

Posted by NoMoreBS 2026-02-19 14:58|| 2026-02-19 14:58|| Front Page Top

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