Quote from: Shen Li on August 01, 2025, 12:06:24 AMSingapore's biggest trade deficit by far is with the Chinese province of Taiwan. It's second biggest trade deficit is with the US of A.

Singapore incurred the highest trade deficits with the following countries.

This contrasts with Canada, where it actually enjoyed a trade surplus with the US.

Taiwan: -US$38.8 billion (country-specific trade deficit in 2024)
United States of America: -$11.7 billion
France: -$9.2 billion
United Arab Emirates: -$7.8 billion
South Korea: -$7.5 billion
Switzerland: -$5.8 billion
Saudi Arabia: -$5.4 billion
Brazil: -$5.1 billion
Qatar: -$4.7 billion
Japan: -$4.5 billion

Diversification is a great thing. It is what made my new country rich and keeps it rich. It is what is turning Canada into a Northern Venezuela.
https://www.worldstopexports.com/singapores-top-import-partners/

Actually Shen Li Shen, if that's the case, why the fuck is the United States imposing any tariffs at all on Singapore? With respect to the US, Singapore is a net debtor, not creditor.

this is unbelievable that Trump would want to go after Singapore - especially in light of how strategically located and important they are to the Western World. Plus they have this strong tie with Taiwan.

Why is Trump punishing Singapore? If anything, they should try to cut your adopted country some slack.

In fact, why are YOU even cheering on the USA? Like Australia, Singapore is being kicked in the teeth by Trump.

Jeez no wonder the Prime Minister of Singapore was so upset with those tariffs, when he made a speech directed at the United States.


Given that it has a trade deficit with America, Singapore is actually subsidizing the United States, not the other way around.

Quote from: Shen Li on August 01, 2025, 12:06:24 AMSingapore's biggest trade deficit by far is with the Chinese province of Taiwan. It's second biggest trade deficit is with the US of A.

Singapore incurred the highest trade deficits with the following countries.

Taiwan: -US$38.8 billion (country-specific trade deficit in 2024)
United States of America: -$11.7 billion
France: -$9.2 billion
United Arab Emirates: -$7.8 billion
South Korea: -$7.5 billion
Switzerland: -$5.8 billion
Saudi Arabia: -$5.4 billion
Brazil: -$5.1 billion
Qatar: -$4.7 billion
Japan: -$4.5 billion

Singapore incurred the highest trade deficits with the following countries.

Taiwan: -US$38.8 billion (country-specific trade deficit in 2024)
United States of America: -$11.7 billion
France: -$9.2 billion
United Arab Emirates: -$7.8 billion
South Korea: -$7.5 billion
Switzerland: -$5.8 billion
Saudi Arabia: -$5.4 billion
Brazil: -$5.1 billion
Qatar: -$4.7 billion
Japan: -$4.5 billion

Diversification is a great thing. It is what made my new country rich and keeps it rich. It is what is turning Canada into a Northern Venezuela.
https://www.worldstopexports.com/singapores-top-import-partners/

I knew Singapore had global outreach like we can never achieve thanks to woke demands we place on new trading partners. But, they are a US buyer not a supplier.

Many countries will see a tariff rate between 10 and 15 percent on their goods, depending on whether the United States has a trade deficit or surplus with that nation. That insulates Singapore.

Quote from: Shen Li on August 01, 2025, 12:06:24 AMSingapore's biggest trade deficit by far is with the Chinese province of Taiwan. It's second biggest trade deficit is with the US of A.

I think what you mean is "The legitimate government of China based in Taiwan".

Them red chank cunts need butchered into oblivion.

Quote from: Lokmar on August 01, 2025, 10:50:12 AMI think what you mean is "The legitimate government of China based in Taiwan".

Them red chank cunts need butchered into oblivion.

I'm Taiwanese and I don't believe that.....that is what Generalissimo Chiang Kai Shek forced Taiwanese to believe when he fled to Taiwan after he lost the civil war..

The Republic of China on Taiwan is anachronistic.....Taiwan is an independent republic that China bullies the world into not recognizing.

Quote from: formosan on August 01, 2025, 10:56:37 AMI'm Taiwanese and I don't believe that.....that is what Generalissimo Chiang Kai Shek forced Taiwanese to believe when he fled to Taiwan after he lost the civil war..

The Republic of China on Taiwan is anachronistic.....Taiwan is an independent republic that China bullies the world into not recognizing.

My hope is that the red chanks lose control and either the Taiwanese or similar type government takes over. Its a pipe dream of mine. The red chanks shouldnt have ever been given legitimacy. They're a scourge on humanity.

Quote from: Shen Li on August 01, 2025, 12:06:24 AMSingapore's biggest trade deficit by far is with the Chinese province of Taiwan. It's second biggest trade deficit is with the US of A.

Singapore incurred the highest trade deficits with the following countries.

Taiwan: -US$38.8 billion (country-specific trade deficit in 2024)
United States of America: -$11.7 billion
France: -$9.2 billion
United Arab Emirates: -$7.8 billion
South Korea: -$7.5 billion
Switzerland: -$5.8 billion
Saudi Arabia: -$5.4 billion
Brazil: -$5.1 billion
Qatar: -$4.7 billion
Japan: -$4.5 billion

Singapore incurred the highest trade deficits with the following countries.

Taiwan: -US$38.8 billion (country-specific trade deficit in 2024)
United States of America: -$11.7 billion
France: -$9.2 billion
United Arab Emirates: -$7.8 billion
South Korea: -$7.5 billion
Switzerland: -$5.8 billion
Saudi Arabia: -$5.4 billion
Brazil: -$5.1 billion
Qatar: -$4.7 billion
Japan: -$4.5 billion

Diversification is a great thing. It is what made my new country rich and keeps it rich. It is what is turning Canada into a Northern Venezuela.
https://www.worldstopexports.com/singapores-top-import-partners/

Singapore buys and sells all over the planet. It is too bad the Liberals will not let Canada do that.

Quote from: JOE on August 01, 2025, 12:26:44 AMActually Shen Li Shen, if that's the case, why the fuck is the United States imposing any tariffs at all on Singapore?

Sweetie, if you followed the news you would know that America is "non-committal" as to whether to impose the 10 percent baseline tariff. Their Deputy Prime Minister seems to believe that baseline duty will not last even though Singapore applies a 9 percent GST on most imported goods.

Either way, it is not an important issue to Singapore's economic security like it is to Canada since your Liberal Party blocked new markets for Canada's most profitable exports.

Quote from: Thiel on August 01, 2025, 01:36:36 PMSweetie, if you followed the news you would know that America is "non-committal" as to whether to impose the 10 percent baseline tariff. Their Deputy Prime Minister seems to believe that baseline duty will not last even though Singapore applies a 9 percent GST on most imported goods.

Either way, it is not an important issue to Singapore's economic security like it is to Canada since your Liberal Party blocked new markets for Canada's most profitable exports.

It is barely an issue here at all. If we have to make tax adjustments to facilitate free and fair trade we will do it.

After all Singapore is not Liberal mismanaged Canada. The People's Action Party actually does what is in the best for Singaporeans.

Quote from: JOE on July 31, 2025, 08:54:52 PMAnd yet I understand that the 80s must have really been hard on your parents Dove Dove.

I was in my 20s in the decade you were born and it was a Mean Decade & there was a brutal recession aroudn the time our were born. As Charlie Munger, one of the wealthiest men of his generation remarked "That was a Horrible Recession (:40 of the clip):

So if yer Mom 'n Dad had a Hard Time, I understand why.

Governments everywhere at the time were chipping away at the Welfare state & pulling the supports from underneath young familes and mothers. It parallels what's going on in the economy today, 40 years later. And yes Trump & the Republican party is doing what Reagan did back in the 80s. Only Trump is doing Reaganomics on steroids. Cutting back on the welfare state and the social supports to help the working class.

Feel free to disagree and offer your own version of events but that's the why I see it.

 Joe my mothers life was hard because shes a miserable drunk who has done nothing but leech off of everyone - including me.

 My father was a good man. He had a few degrees but only worked basic jobs and lived within his means. I had a good relationship with my father when i became an adult.

 But my grandmother is who raised me. She struggled yes. She was raising me on her pension. If she didnt have her newborn granddaughter dropped on her, she wouldnt have struggled much. But thank God she took care of me.

 The 80s were a very positive and hopeful time for people. That shows in the culture. Everyone was "go go go!". 

Quote from: Lokmar on August 01, 2025, 11:52:49 AMMy hope is that the red chanks lose control and either the Taiwanese or similar type government takes over. Its a pipe dream of mine. The red chanks shouldnt have ever been given legitimacy. They're a scourge on humanity.

The Communist Party follows in the dynastic tradition of mainland China.

Quote from: Dove on August 01, 2025, 10:55:16 PMJoe my mothers life was hard because shes a miserable drunk who has done nothing but leech off of everyone - including me.

 My father was a good man. He had a few degrees but only worked basic jobs and lived within his means. I had a good relationship with my father when i became an adult.

 But my grandmother is who raised me. She struggled yes. She was raising me on her pension. If she didnt have her newborn granddaughter dropped on her, she wouldnt have struggled much. But thank God she took care of me.

 The 80s were a very positive and hopeful time for people. That shows in the culture. Everyone was "go go go!". 

Ms Dove, I should let you know that my boyfriend Jo Jo puts words in people's mouths that they didn't say.

That's fair since I put something else in Jo Jo's mouth.

Quote from: formosan on August 02, 2025, 10:30:46 AMThe Communist Party follows in the dynastic tradition of mainland China.

A tradition of shit I guess. I'd list all the gross sins against millions of its own citizens but we all know them well enough.

Quote from: Lokmar on August 02, 2025, 06:38:22 PMA tradition of shit I guess. I'd list all the gross sins against millions of its own citizens but we all know them well enough.

Still it's better than it was when Mao was alive.

Quote from: formosan on August 03, 2025, 04:16:40 PMStill it's better than it was when Mao was alive.

I whole heartedly agree. That is a reasonable thing to say. Hell, china seems to be better that whatever red chank ran them during Tienanmen Square Days.

However, they STILL welded people in their hoses and let em die after releasing COVID on the word, they still use ACTUAL slave labor, they still steal intellectual property and use it without paying what they should, and they still violate trade agreements.

Trump should cut china off, PERIOD!

I do not like China.....but the USA helped create COVID and they paid for it's creation.....indentured servitude exists in the USA too....it exists in Taiwan with illegal foreign workers.