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Seems pretty clearly tenable to me. It is, in fact, being tened. ¯\_(ツ)_/¯
Really? You're genuinely arguing that every single edible substance and combination thereof ought to be recorded in written law?
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Its not just US vs China. Its US vs Market. Its the hand of market that US need to watch out for. Everytime a powerful entity acts like a madman, it gets weaker. Soon or later it will receive 1000th cut which may be one too many. Today US became less reliable.
You're exaggerating what this tiny incident means to the market. Historically this doesn't show up on the list at all, it's just barely a one day top 10 business story. The market in this context effectively means the top 30 or 40 economies. They make up the extreme majority of all global GDP. What practical alternative to the US as an essential ally in the coming global bifurcation with China and Russia do you perce…
There are whole categories of companies/products (OVH/ProtonMail/etc) due to NSA. So yes USA got slapped for it too just not as visible as Rise-of-China.
I would not look forward to being an American businessman abroad in China right now. I think we're all used to the fiction that we live in a world that's totally governed by fairness and laws. That's been a pretty useful fiction for a long time, and in (some) of the developed world that's basically been how it's worked. But I really wonder how many shocks this system can take. I would bet money that an important US e…
Several Australian Mining and Casino executives and employees have been imprisoned for considerable time by China's opaque justice system.
https://www.abc.net.au/news/2018-07-04/stern-hu-explainer-wh...
https://www.smh.com.au/business/crown-says-detained-staff-in...
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I don't understand your argument. You seem to be opposed to specificity in the written prohibition. So what's the alternative? You'd prefer it if FDA regulations didn't have the force of law? Or would you prefer it if FDA regulations were secret, unwritten, unavailable for cheddar manufacturers and cheddar manufacturer compliance officers to examine? Neither of those seem like good solutions.
It's called industry standards , and it's common practice and already in place in written legislation. Written laws give Government bodies power to maintain and enforce theses standards, independent of legislation that needs to be passed through long slow processes involving many politicians who have no knowledge of the relevant field.
> Written laws give Government bodies power to maintain and enforce theses standards, independent of legislation that needs to be passed through long slow processes involving many politicians who have no knowledge of the relevant field.
"Written laws ... independent of legislation" doesn't make sense. What are you trying to say here?
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Really? You're genuinely arguing that every single edible substance and combination thereof ought to be recorded in written law?
No. I didn't argue that. Happy to keep talking if you want to respond to what I actually did say.
> Seems pretty clearly tenable to me. It is, in fact, being tened. ¯\_(ツ)_/¯
in response to:
> Attempting to maintain in written law explicit definitions of every food that humans can fathom, and how they are presently produced, is clearly untenable.
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It's sad how this has become a fact because it's insinuated enough times in the press by the same few reporters. First it was Chinese foreigners buying up all the real estate, but that was proven false. Now, it's all these foreigners are laundering their money. Yes, a few (although the RCMP is having trouble with their money laundering case) but not all. The press simplifies and that becomes the reality that everyone…
Though it's not. There is a property management company out of Hong Kong/China that owns 30 condos in my unit and rents it out to tenants. I work near One Bloor and if you see the demographic over there it's all non-english speaking Asian people. Heck the Nordstorm rack in that Condo accepts WePay. Where else have you seen that in Toronto?
From the financial post (https://business.financialpost.com/real-estate/perception-of...):
A study from the Canada Mortgage and Housing Corporation released Wednesday found that 68 per cent of Vancouver respondents, 48 per cent of Toronto respondents and 42 per cent of Montreal respondents believe foreign buyers are having "a lot of influence" on their markets and are driving up home prices.
The insight into perceptions around foreign buyers that 30,000 respondents in the three cities shared with the Crown Corporation between September and mid-October is in stark contrast with recent data from Statistics Canada showing foreign buyers only own 4.8 per cent of Vancouver properties and 3.4 per cent of homes in Toronto.
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The truth is that we're house horny enough to not need any outside help to increase the price of real estate. According to Statistics Canada, 69.0% of households are owner (https://www12.statcan.gc.ca/nhs-enm/2011/as-sa/99-014-x/99-0...). While anecdotal data can be comforting, the data doesn't support the thesis.
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Unfortunately, this is a pretty safe bet. That's why I always recommend that if you are going to go to China to do business, you should go with the goal of making people over there extremely rich. This will give you some protection. But yeah, if this is the game that the nations are going to play, then you don't want to be the poor schmuck sitting in a Chinese prison for 10 years just so they can make a point. It's p…
You are going to say all that without pointing out that the US and Canada are fighting espionage, and China will look for an innocent business person in response and that's just totally ok with everyone here?
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No. I didn't argue that. Happy to keep talking if you want to respond to what I actually did say.
My apologies, perhaps you need to elaborate on what you meant when you wrote: > Seems pretty clearly tenable to me. It is, in fact, being tened. ¯\_(ツ)_/¯ in response to: > Attempting to maintain in written law explicit definitions of every food that humans can fathom, and how they are presently produced, is clearly untenable.
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It's called industry standards , and it's common practice and already in place in written legislation. Written laws give Government bodies power to maintain and enforce theses standards, independent of legislation that needs to be passed through long slow processes involving many politicians who have no knowledge of the relevant field.
Industry standards don't have the force of law unless they are given the force of law. > Written laws give Government bodies power to maintain and enforce theses standards, independent of legislation that needs to be passed through long slow processes involving many politicians who have no knowledge of the relevant field. "Written laws ... independent of legislation" doesn't make sense. What are you trying to say her…
You're right, it doesn't. That's what happens when you truncate a quote to completely remove the context.
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Industry standards don't have the force of law unless they are given the force of law. > Written laws give Government bodies power to maintain and enforce theses standards, independent of legislation that needs to be passed through long slow processes involving many politicians who have no knowledge of the relevant field. "Written laws ... independent of legislation" doesn't make sense. What are you trying to say her…
> "Written laws ... independent of legislation" doesn't make sense. What are you trying to say here? You're right, it doesn't. That's what happens when you truncate a quote to completely remove the context.