China-US Trade War

 Why America has a trade deficit with China.

 The U.S. imports far more from China
 than China imports from the US.

The real cause of the US trade deficit with China is
 American's insatiable demand for consumer goods!

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Subject: Walmart Container Ship

https://youtu.be/2oRlthTwEEM

Container Ship crosses from China to U.S. in just 5 days.

Have a good read of this right to the end.

See the editorial under the last picture.  That says it all!

The Emma Maersk, part of a Danish shipping line, is shown in the photos below.

http://s1213.photobucket.com/user/roj77/media/1_6.jpg.html

What a ship.....no wonder 'Made in China ' is displacing North American made goods big time. This monster transports goods across the Pacific in just 5 days!!  Another two will soon be commissioned.

http://s1213.photobucket.com/user/roj77/media/2_6.jpg.html

These ships were commissioned by Wal-Mart to get their imported goods from China .

They hold an incredible 15,000 containers and have a 207 foot deck beam!

The full crew is just 13 people on a ship longer than a US Aircraft Carrier, which has a crew of 5,000.With its 207' beam it is too big to fit through the Panama or Suez Canals .

http://s1213.photobucket.com/user/roj77/media/3_6.jpg.html

It is strictly transpacific. Cruise speed: 31 knots. 

The goods arrive four days before the typical container ship (18-20 knots)on a China -to California run.

91% of Wal-Mart products are made in China .

So this behemoth is hugely competitive even when carrying perishable goods.

The ship was built in five sections. The sections are floated together and then welded.The command bridge is higher than a 10-story building and has 11 cargo crane rigs that can operate simultaneously unloading the entire ship in less than two hours.

http://s1213.photobucket.com/user/roj77/media/4_6.jpg.html