I think the 'comedy' rumour, mostly purported by Spadge, is that 'Davek' is a character invented by the Mods and run for years by Roydo.
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Tbf to him, he's also promised 3 trade wars starting in his first minute. It's bold for sure.
What does a trade war with china do here?
There'll be lots a possibilities but if a US-China trade war furthered the China-Russia alignment, it would likely benefit Russia in certain respects, especially by securing alternative markets for its energy exports, and mitigating some of the economic pressures caused by Western sanctions. That said, global economic instability could affect Russia’s own economy and exacerbate tensions with the West. It cou;d also assist Putins planning for a multipolar world where Russia, China, and other non-Western powers might try to reshape global governance structures. Lots of different posibilities but for the theme of the thread I was thinking about its impact on Russia and the war.
I would imagine very little. Russia needs to worry if Saudi Arabia opens the taps as many believe they will causing crude to plummet even more. The other Black Swan event will be Israel taking out Iranian munitions
I wondered if the u.s and china put tariffs on one another if that might have a knock on effect of further harming the value of the ruble. Confidence in markets shrinks and so demand alters, someone will make a fortune flogging cheap metal detectors, someone has to make safe all that Ukrainian territory, can't farm fields full of explosives.
