Path: ccsf.homeunix.org!ccsf.homeunix.org!news1.wakwak.com!nf2.xephion.ne.jp!feed2.sphere.ad.jp!news1.kyowa.co.jp!spin-hsd0-tky!spinnewsgate!attnet-tokyo!tm From: tm Newsgroups: soc.culture.japan,soc.culture.scottish,fj.life.in-japan,soc.culture.irish,soc.culture.korean Subject: Re: Promote Peace: Boycott USA goods Date: Sat, 27 Nov 2004 12:03:55 +0900 Organization: Oort Cloud Lines: 14 Message-ID: References: <52d3f97e.0411212013.7111438b@posting.google.com> <8g3cq0tpbp3sfi3iackt4pophbmhpa6ua7@4ax.com> NNTP-Posting-Host: 131.pool31.dsl8mtokyo.att.ne.jp X-Trace: newsflood.tokyo.att.ne.jp 1101524874 2703 165.76.107.131 (27 Nov 2004 03:07:54 GMT) X-Complaints-To: newsadm@newsflood.tokyo.att.ne.jp NNTP-Posting-Date: Sat, 27 Nov 2004 03:07:54 +0000 (UTC) User-Agent: MT-NewsWatcher/3.3b1 (PPC Mac OS X) X-No-Archive: yes X-No-Google-Groups: Yes Xref: ccsf.homeunix.org fj.life.in-japan:22566 russj41@concentric.net (MacHamish) wrote: > Vernon North wrote: > >When the cost advantage enjoyed by China is so huge, it may take a huge > >drop in the value of the greenback to precipitate that. And by then, > >will the Chinese market be so large, and the subtle barriers to entry in > >place, so that the Chinese enjoy both unprecedented economies of scale > >in their own markets plus barriers to entry that make them unassailable? > > It will be interesting to see what happens to the Yuan when it is decoupled > from the USD, as it must be and soon. Right now, they're having it both > ways. The IMF members aren't going to stand for it forever. But what about the 5 countries that aren't IMF members?