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On 10/4/25 23:09, Governor Swill wrote:
On Thu, 10 Apr 2025 06:47:08 -0000 (UTC), Lawrence D'Oliveiro <[email protected]d> wrote:
On Wed, 09 Apr 2025 19:53:34 -0400, Governor Swill wrote:
Trump announced a 90 day pause on tariffs except for China. All three
markets went up bigly starting at about 2pm.
Why? Something to do with the selloff of US Treasury bonds, perhaps.
Who�s the biggest holder of US Treasury bonds? China.
BZZZZZZZT! Sorry, it's Japan at 1.09T. China only holds 750B.
Note here that foreign owned debt only accounts for about a quarter of
the total. <https://usafacts.org/articles/which-countries-own-the-most-us-debt/>
Goody! This means China is waiting in the wings to gut punch the
USA next. They better negotiate pretty darn quickly unless they
want even higher tariffs.
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