Subject: Re: Berkshire and Tariffs
“I don't think that analogy applies to Trump's actions. It's not like enmity against Canada was building up in US or there was a popular groundswell to rename Gulf of Mexico to Gulf of America.”

You’re looking in the wrong direction. Look west across the pacific for the dry tinder, not north.

My dissertation advisor argued nearly 30 years ago that the US and China would eventually go to war. I argued that the globalization of trade, commodity production, and capital flows, was creating a global capitalist class that would end interstate wars. Once again I proved to be the sophomore.