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::But moving on. What exactly is it that you even want to see changed in the article? All you have done is complain about the biasedness of the article with absolutely terrible reasons (why does it even matter what place/country the sources are from?) while giving me zero ideas on what your solution even is. the only (proper) description for that kind of attitude is (you guessed) "I don't like the article, but i can't be bothered to change it so I am slap (or restore) a tag and complain on the talk page in the hopes that somebody else does it." [[User:Syopsis|Syopsis]] ([[User talk:Syopsis|talk]]) 04:20, 8 June 2019 (UTC) |
::But moving on. What exactly is it that you even want to see changed in the article? All you have done is complain about the biasedness of the article with absolutely terrible reasons (why does it even matter what place/country the sources are from?) while giving me zero ideas on what your solution even is. the only (proper) description for that kind of attitude is (you guessed) "I don't like the article, but i can't be bothered to change it so I am slap (or restore) a tag and complain on the talk page in the hopes that somebody else does it." [[User:Syopsis|Syopsis]] ([[User talk:Syopsis|talk]]) 04:20, 8 June 2019 (UTC) |
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:::{{re|Syopsis}} <small>[Thank you for the [[Wikipedia:Notifications|ping]]]</small> <small>First, I have never subscribed to the [[WP:STRAIGHT]]/[[WP:POLE]] philosophy that everyone has a [[WP:POV|POV]] and compromise somehow brings us closer to neutrality or something. I'm not trying to ascribe words to you that you did not author, but that's why I don't think it's fine to call someone else a partisan nor imply they are a hypocrite because of the fact.</small> <s>Whatever, I guess.</s> I really don't want to argue conduct on a content talk page because that's not what this namespace is for. Let me just put this in perspective. The following editors have said as recently as 27 May 2019 that this article definitely as ''some''' bias towards the US: {{u|ViperSnake151}}, {{u|Viztor}}, {{u|EllenCT}}, {{u|Timtempleton}}, myself, and now {{U|Darouet}} <small>(actually, I am wrong here because in fact there are ''more'' editors who have said as such, but I digress)</small>. You are quite literally the ''only one'' recently defending this ludicrous idea that the article isn't biased. I proposed specific, concrete, changes I would like to have been able to make that you dismissed as silly (ie, that all the major players ''in line with reliable sourcing'' be included, that more sourcing come from outside the western hemisphere, and introduce specific viewpoints that contradict the American government's oddly specific narrative). If that sounds like mindless complaining, I'm ''sorry''. My first gosh dang idea was to split off Chronology section into its own article to cut down on length, but I guess [[WP:IDHT|that doesn't matter]]. I couldn't even ''tag'' this article without having to write a paragraph in defense of it (much less make content related edits). I would be more than happy to help make more specific changes if I wasn't spending most of my emotional energy trying to defend that single note which so perplexes you as to warrant this discussion. –<span style="font-family:CG Times">[[User:MJL|<span style="color:black">MJL</span>]] [[User talk:MJL|‐'''Talk'''‐]]<sup>[[WP:WikiProject Connecticut|☖]]</sup></span> 04:54, 8 June 2019 (UTC) |
:::{{re|Syopsis}} <small>[Thank you for the [[Wikipedia:Notifications|ping]]]</small> <small>First, I have never subscribed to the [[WP:STRAIGHT]]/[[WP:POLE]] philosophy that everyone has a [[WP:POV|POV]] and compromise somehow brings us closer to neutrality or something. I'm not trying to ascribe words to you that you did not author, but that's why I don't think it's fine to call someone else a partisan nor imply they are a hypocrite because of the fact.</small> <s>Whatever, I guess.</s> I really don't want to argue conduct on a content talk page because that's not what this namespace is for. Let me just put this in perspective. The following editors have said as recently as 27 May 2019 that this article definitely as ''some''' bias towards the US: {{u|ViperSnake151}}, {{u|Viztor}}, {{u|EllenCT}}, {{u|Timtempleton}}, myself, and now {{U|Darouet}} <small>(actually, I am wrong here because in fact there are ''more'' editors who have said as such, but I digress)</small>. You are quite literally the ''only one'' recently defending this ludicrous idea that the article isn't biased. I proposed specific, concrete, changes I would like to have been able to make that you dismissed as silly (ie, that all the major players ''in line with reliable sourcing'' be included, that more sourcing come from outside the western hemisphere, and introduce specific viewpoints that contradict the American government's oddly specific narrative). If that sounds like mindless complaining, I'm ''sorry''. My first gosh dang idea was to split off Chronology section into its own article to cut down on length, but I guess [[WP:IDHT|that doesn't matter]]. I couldn't even ''tag'' this article without having to write a paragraph in defense of it (much less make content related edits). I would be more than happy to help make more specific changes if I wasn't spending most of my emotional energy trying to defend that single note which so perplexes you as to warrant this discussion. –<span style="font-family:CG Times">[[User:MJL|<span style="color:black">MJL</span>]] [[User talk:MJL|‐'''Talk'''‐]]<sup>[[WP:WikiProject Connecticut|☖]]</sup></span> 04:54, 8 June 2019 (UTC) |
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::::{{Ping|MJL}} It seems you have a hard time reading so I will make it easier. WHAT DO YOU WANT TO DO? You haven't proposed anything speciic, I've asked you three times now, all I have gotten is just non-answers. You started with the sources are all from the US, I challenged you on that so-called argument (why does it even matter what place/country the sources are from?) and you responded by not only refusing to answer, but now you have introduced some more nonsensical arguments - "introduce specific viewpoints that contradict the American government's oddly specific narrative" (we already have tons of this). [[User:Syopsis|Syopsis]] ([[User talk:Syopsis|talk]]) 05:54, 8 June 2019 (UTC) |
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::::He is really a nihilist who don't believe an article can ever be "neutral", perhaps he is right, there is no neutrality in its strict definition, however, when we are debating neutrality, it is defined the way wikipedia defines it, take proportionally from reliable sources, that is not that hard. Yeah, we would love our articles to be not so heavy-tasted towards one-side. Yeah we are only as neutral as our sources, and all we are trying to do is to make sure it proportionally represent views of reliable sources. That's it, if you don't like it, convince the sources, don't try to convince us, that's not how it works. Saying that is like saying those who try to do what is it right because they like it, of course, but so what? [[User:Viztor|Viztor]] ([[User talk:Viztor|talk]]) 05:08, 8 June 2019 (UTC) |
::::He is really a nihilist who don't believe an article can ever be "neutral", perhaps he is right, there is no neutrality in its strict definition, however, when we are debating neutrality, it is defined the way wikipedia defines it, take proportionally from reliable sources, that is not that hard. Yeah, we would love our articles to be not so heavy-tasted towards one-side. Yeah we are only as neutral as our sources, and all we are trying to do is to make sure it proportionally represent views of reliable sources. That's it, if you don't like it, convince the sources, don't try to convince us, that's not how it works. Saying that is like saying those who try to do what is it right because they like it, of course, but so what? [[User:Viztor|Viztor]] ([[User talk:Viztor|talk]]) 05:08, 8 June 2019 (UTC) |
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Rename Article to 2018 Gobal Trade War?
The Canadian tariffs on American goods have gone into effect, making the trade war go beyond the US and China. I don't know if or when the EU's tariffs on US goods will come into effect, but it's obvious this trade war is now a global one. Elishop (talk) 22:43, 2 July 2018 (UTC)
- I think that the trade wars involving US and Canada/EU are different from the China-US trade war. We cannot rename 2018 China–United States trade war to cover all these trade wars until enough reliable sources call theses as a global trade war. --Neo-Jay (talk) 05:43, 6 July 2018 (UTC)
- Support renaming to 2018 global trade war or Trump's global trade war[1][2][3], and expanding the scope of this article to include the EU and Canadian retaliatory tariffs. Unless Turkey becomes a major factor, we should call it a global, not gobal trade war.- MrX 🖋 17:37, 7 July 2018 (UTC)
- Comment A merge is good, but how about 2018 U.S. trade wars? I think "U.S." is a more appropriately formal name, and talking about wars plural emphasizes the separate-but-interrelated nature of the various actions. (It may be that separate aspects later develop enough to warrant their own articles, but I think an overview article will still be wanted.) 209.209.238.189 (talk) 21:48, 7 July 2018 (UTC)
- Perhaps we should consider more neutral language, such as "trade dispute". Seems premature and sensationalist (and non-encyclopedic) to already be calling it a "trade war". SecretName101 (talk) 03:41, 8 July 2018 (UTC)
- @SecretName101: best discussed at § Page move below, where "dispute" is an alternative under consideration. I can live with either, but as I say below, "dispute" implies discussion before shots fired, but this went pretty directly to a (metaphorical) exchange of lie ammunition, so I worry that "dispute" is being too milquetoast and euphemistic. Also, the most common name I see in the press is "trade war". https://www.npr.org/2018/07/07/626929883/is-trade-war-accurate discusses the appropriateness of the term. 209.209.238.189 (talk) 22:31, 9 July 2018 (UTC)
- Oppose. 2018 China–United States trade war was created as a spin-off of Trump tariffs, and is long enough to be an independent article. If it is renamed to something like 2018 Gobal Trade War or 2018 U.S. trade wars, it will be too similar to Trump tariffs. This article should focus on the trade war between US and China. The general information about the so-called global trade war can be added to article Trump tariffs. --Neo-Jay (talk) 16:20, 10 July 2018 (UTC)
- Oppose per Neo-Jay. — JFG talk 18:22, 10 July 2018 (UTC)
- Oppose there is no trade war between the US and EU, there simply hasn't been the retaliatory to-and-fro. In fact, the US and EU are discussing reducing tariffs. Jack N. Stock (talk) 00:24, 29 July 2018 (UTC)
This is confusing and contradictory as heck
“ | On 2 April, the Chinese Ministry of Commerce imposed tariffs on 128 U.S. products including aluminium scraps, airplanes, automobiles, pork products, and soybeans (which have a 25% tariff), as well as fruits, nuts, and steel piping (15%).[3][4] The next day, the USTR published a list of over 1,300 categories of Chinese imports worth $50 billion on which it planned to impose levies, including aircraft parts, batteries, flat-panel televisions, medical devices, satellites, and weapons.[5][6][7] In retaliation for that announcement, China imposed an additional 25% tariffs on airplanes, automobiles, and soybeans, which are the top U.S. agricultural export to China.[4][8] | ” |
— Special:PermanentLink/849254847 |
A 25% tariff on soybeans is mentioned twice, the second time as "additional". Does this mean a 50% total tariff? Or has one tariff gotten mentioned twice?
Also, the lead talks about "intention to impose tariffs of US$50 billion", but later it talks about imposing a 25% tariff on $34b + $16b = $50 billion of goods. That would be a $12.5b tariff. Which is it?
And is that $50b for all time, i.e. the tariff expires after $50b? Or is that (pre-tariff) annual trade in the covered items, which would thus be an annual recurring thing? (But an overestimate as people change to alternate suppliers.)
This really needs untangling. I don't feel like researching it right now, but I definitely appreciate anyone who does. 209.209.238.189 (talk) 17:55, 7 July 2018 (UTC)
I think the "Chronology of tariff events" should list when tariff rates came into effect, what the rates are, the amount of goods they cover, and possibly the type of goods. The current Chronology appears to be primarily a list of statements, accusations, and counter accusations. This doesn't say much about what the tariffs are. One possibly useful source is https://www.nytimes.com/reuters/2019/05/13/business/13reuters-usa-trade-tariffs-factbox.html. 165.120.163.166 (talk) 22:52, 20 May 2019 (UTC)
Page move
Someone renamed this page to a trade dispute without discussion when all RS refer to it by the COMMONNAME of trade war. Please revert it back and add page protection until discussion reaches a different consensus. I cannot do it because a redirect is blocking me. Also the talk page still has a capitalized "Dispute"--- Coffeeandcrumbs 21:39, 7 July 2018 (UTC)
- Also this was done by an SPA [4] who came in just to do this.--- Coffeeandcrumbs 21:41, 7 July 2018 (UTC)
- @Coffeeandcrumbs: I just fixed the location of the talk page. Given the nature of this issue, I am not going to engage in a move war. It was at "dispute" when I posted it. I suggest a discussion on the talk page to decide between "dispute" vs. "war". – Muboshgu (talk) 21:47, 7 July 2018 (UTC)
- I understand your predicament. Can you suggest a solution in the mean? How can we allow an SPA to POV move like this without discussion and block a revert page move like this?--- Coffeeandcrumbs 21:52, 7 July 2018 (UTC)
- I'm debating this. I see it was at "war" from June 15 until today. Perhaps I should move it back. – Muboshgu (talk) 22:06, 7 July 2018 (UTC)
- @Coffeeandcrumbs: After more consideration, the page name was stable for long enough that the move made today should be undone, so I have undone it. A move discussion could be beneficial to codify consensus. – Muboshgu (talk) 22:16, 7 July 2018 (UTC)
- @Muboshgu and Coffeeandcrumbs: IMHO, either is fine. But I worry that "disputes" is a bit milquetoast, especially given the abrupt and unilateral beginning; it falsely implies that there was some meaningful discussion preceding the recourse to tariffs. (As an example of a dispute, softwood lumber has been a longstanding contentious issue between the U.S. and Canada.) Also, it's Trump's own word: "Trade wars are good, and easy to win." 209.209.238.189 (talk) 01:40, 8 July 2018 (UTC)
- @Muboshgu: Please move this talk page as well. Thank you!--- Coffeeandcrumbs 01:46, 8 July 2018 (UTC)
- I understand your predicament. Can you suggest a solution in the mean? How can we allow an SPA to POV move like this without discussion and block a revert page move like this?--- Coffeeandcrumbs 21:52, 7 July 2018 (UTC)
- @Coffeeandcrumbs: I just fixed the location of the talk page. Given the nature of this issue, I am not going to engage in a move war. It was at "dispute" when I posted it. I suggest a discussion on the talk page to decide between "dispute" vs. "war". – Muboshgu (talk) 21:47, 7 July 2018 (UTC)
Proposed removal of {{fact}} in the leading sentence
Unknowingly someone has inserted two {{fact}}s into the leading sentence of the article without giving any rationale. Per MOS:LEADCITE, Complex, current, or controversial subjects may require many citations; others, few or none.
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Date format
Per the MOS, the correct date format should be m-d-y. And nearly all of the sources are from the U.S. --Light show (talk) 04:53, 9 July 2018 (UTC)
Missing rationales for the tariffs
Outside of a few sentences in the lead about why the tariffs were imposed, the body really has almost nothing about the rationales behind them. What's given now in the main text are the tariff announcements followed by some market reactions. I suggest we try to fill that gap by citing, with reliable sources, some of the reasons either Trump, the administration, or others, have used to explain them. Thoughts? --Light show (talk) 01:47, 11 July 2018 (UTC)
Propose using "dispute" instead of "trade war"
Whether the article title should use a more neutral term like "dispute" instead of "trade war" should be considered. An article in today's South China Morning Post says that officials have instructed China's media to avoid using "trade war" in its headlines. Apparently, since the Chinese media is not as reliant on advertising, which uses sensationalism to attract readers, they can be instructed to tone down the words.
And reviewing statements by many business leaders and government officials, they, if anything, claim there is no trade war, and that it's a "dispute." That includes Trump and Peter Nafarro, who both claim the trade war was lost many years ago, and that there is no trade war. Same for Lighthizer, Mnuchin, Ross, and others mentioned in the article, who have not labeled it a trade war. Recent stories in the BBC, NBC, ABC, Reuters, SCMP, Nasdaq, UPI, CNBC, WSJ, CFR, NPR, and Bloomberg all use "trade dispute" in their headlines. So ---
Should the article title use the term "dispute" instead of "trade war"? Support --Light show (talk) 22:07, 14 July 2018 (UTC)
- Oppose - When I do a news search for 'china + trade' I find that the major news sources use the term "trade war", and "trade war" is use far more often than "trade dispute". The current title is recognizability and natural as guided by WP:TITLE.- MrX 🖋 22:17, 14 July 2018 (UTC)
- Oppose per WP:POVNAME; the English-language press is overwhelmingly using the term "trade war". While I could live with "Dispute", as I mentioned previously in § Page move to me that term implies that there was some attempt at negotiation, as in the Canada–United States softwood lumber dispute, while these events have proceeded directly to (figurative) shots being fired. 209.209.238.189 (talk) 03:28, 15 July 2018 (UTC)
- Oppose. The Chinese government's instruction to their media should play no role in naming this Wikipedia article. Politicians' rhetoric is not more neutral than independent media's reports. "Trade war" is much more commonly used, and should be used as the title per Wikipedia:Common name. @Light show: Could you please provide evidences to verify your claim that "[r]ecent stories in the BBC, NBC, ABC, Reuters, Nasdaq, UPI, CNBC, WSJ, CFR, NPR, and Bloomberg all use "trade dispute" in their headlines"? I find that these organizations are still using "trade war" in headlines or texts, such as "How the US is waging its trade war with China" (BBC, 12 Jul 2018), "Trump's trade war may soon hit consumers' wallets and paychecks" (NBC News, 12 July 2018), "...investors remained optimistic about the U.S. economy even as they worried about the trade war between the U.S. and China" (ABC News, 16 July 2018), "'This is a trade war that began in 2010,' says CIO" (CNBC, 15 July 2018), "U.S.-China Trade War: How We Got Here" (CFR, 9 July 2018), "Trade War With China Heats Up" (NPR, 11 July 2018), etc..--Neo-Jay (talk) 00:52, 17 July 2018 (UTC)
- Comment. @Light show: I just saw your proving source links for your claim. But I hope that you could have provided the sources after my question, not directly modified your message originally posted before my question, which made my question out of context and look weird. And now let me analyze the sources you added. The BBC story you added was published on July 11, in which "trade war" is used in text although "trade dispute" is used in headline. And per the source I provided above, BBC still used "trade war" in headline on July 12. The NBC(Chicago) and ABC stories you added were the same one by Associated Press published on July 12, and per my sources above, NBC and ABC still used "trade war" in headline and text on July 12 and 16. The UPI story you added was published on July 6, which also uses "trade war" in text although using "trade dispute" in headline, and I just found a UPI story published on July 11 using "trade war" in headline ("Trade war: Trump again threatens China with $200B in new tariffs"). The CNBC story you added was published on July 10, and per my source above, CNBC still used "trade war" in headline on July 15 (I can also added one more published on July 13). The CFR story you added was published on June 26, and per the source I provided above, CFR still used "trade war" in headline on July 9. Thanks to China's GFW, I cannot open every link you provided. But I think that it's enough to prove that your claim that "[r]ecent stories in ... all use 'trade dispute' in their headline" (emphasis added) is not accurate. And by the way, I will not be surprised if SCMP, a subsidiary of China's Alibaba Group, follows the Chinese government's instruction although it is still using "US-China trade war" as the topic now. --Neo-Jay (talk) 02:10, 17 July 2018 (UTC)
- I'm not strongly in favor of one term over the other, since the MSM obviously uses "trade war" in most headlines. But I'm aware that the MSM, as profit-making enterprises, will sensationalize stories when possible. And since "dispute" is neutral, and was used by all the sources I listed in their recent headlines, I thought the question was worth considering. I also thought that China's instructions to their own media to tone down the "war" aspect was relevant.
- A bit off-topic, but I likewise took notice early last year after North Korea started testing missiles, that a number of UK papers (not U.S. papers) immediately began publishing multiple news stories with "World War 3" in their headlines (i.e., Express, The Sun, Daily Star, Mirror, Independent, etc.) So here's the U.S. dealing with NK, and our UK ally is turning it via headlines into a hot war. I mention this because for something as dangerous as international disputes, I really didn't appreciate seeing the media use sensational headlines to sell papers. I therefore think a neutral title is preferred for an encyclopedia. --Light show (talk) 02:59, 17 July 2018 (UTC)
- First of all, generally speaking, I don't think that the word "dispute" is more neutral than "war". The two words can be neutrally used in different cases. It is not neutral to use "dispute" when "war" should be used (for example, it's not neutral to call "World War II" as "World Dispute II"). Secondly, IMHO, the scale of this trade conflict (or whatever we call it) makes it correct and appropriate to call it as a "trade war". Exclusively calling it just a "trade dispute" is not neutral and is just deferring to some political concerns. And I strongly disagree that the Chinese government's choice of words is more neutral or advisable than mainstream media's. But I don't want to spend my time on arguing which word is more neutral in this case and whether calling it a "trade war" is "sensationalizing stories" or just describing the fact as I think that the answers to these questions are just POV. What we should follow here is Wikipedia:Common name. "Trade dispute" was just used in all the sources you listed in their recent headlines, and what you listed were just a small part of those media's reports. It is "trade war" that is the common name, and should be used as the title of this article. --Neo-Jay (talk) 03:36, 17 July 2018 (UTC)
- Again, I'm not strongly leaning toward either term. But when you wrote, "I don't think that the word 'dispute' is more neutral than 'war,' I have to disagree. For instance, the CFR article gave a good summary for a non-MSM publication in their article titled "U.S.-China Trade Dispute." From the first paragraph: "The two largest economies in the world are exchanging threats of retaliatory tariffs, arousing concerns of a trade war and its repercussions... Speakers discuss the recent developments of additional tariffs, the implications of a possible trade war, and the impact on the future of U.S.-China relations." (emphasis added)
- The point is that "trade war" is very often used looking ahead, as a future possibility. I see that in about half the articles using "trade war." The BBC's recent article is typical, "How a US-China trade war could hurt us all." Or CNBC: "While there is a concern that the trade dispute between the United States and China could escalate." Many headlines and stories using "trade war" often see it as a risk, not an absolute event, as today's headline in The Hill did: "EU presses China to open up economy, avoid trade war".
- I think everyone agrees there is a trade "dispute," but they don't all consider it a "trade war." Even the Smoot–Hawley Tariffs, which imposed tariffs on 20,000 products, lasted for many years and was retaliated against, is not described as having been a "trade war." --Light show (talk) 04:33, 17 July 2018 (UTC)
- The CFR article you mentioned was published on June 26, while the tariffs actually started on July 6. So it's understandable that it called the trade war as "possible". The BBC's article that you described as "typical" was published on July 5, also one day before the tariffs began, but it already described the trade war as something that was happening ("US and China are at the beginning of a trade war"), not just a "future possibility". The future possibility that the article talks about is the effect of the trade war, not the trade war itself. And we don't need everyone to agree that this is a trade war. Wikipedia:Common name does not require that the article title should be accepted by everyone. What we need to see is which name is the common name, i.e., used by a significant majority of sources. And we should not presume that those sources using "trade war" agree that the phrase "trade war" they use can be appropriately replaced by "trade dispute". The two phrases are different concepts and, as I put above, can be neutrally used in different cases. It is not neutral to use "trade dispute" when "trade war" should be used. As for Smoot–Hawley Tariffs, the current version of article Smoot–Hawley Tariff Act even does not mention "trade dispute", but "trade war" is at least used by one of its references (McDonald, Judith; O'Brien, Anthony Patrick; Callahan, Colleen (1997), "Trade Wars: Canada's Reaction to the Smoot–Hawley Tariff", Journal of Economic History, 57 (4): 802–26, doi:10.1017/S0022050700019549, JSTOR 2951161). And by the way, the Smoot-Hawley tariffs are also described as having "inspired a trade war" by the BBC's article that you described as "typical" above. In short, it's quite another issue how article Smoot–Hawley Tariff Act should be edited. That article may not be the perfect model that this article should follow.--Neo-Jay (talk) 05:29, 17 July 2018 (UTC)
- Comment both are inaccurate. This is more than a dispute because there have been actions, not merely words. It isn't quite a "trade war", either, though it may become one. The word "war" is overused. Tariffs are not war. If you don't understand what an actual war is like, I recommend All Quiet on the Western Front as an introduction. I'd suggest talking to a few people who have been to war, but they might not want to tell you. Jack N. Stock (talk) 00:30, 29 July 2018 (UTC)
- Support Jamie Dimon says it is not a trade war. Jack N. Stock (talk) 14:03, 20 September 2018 (UTC)
- We should use the common name, not the name used by a specific person. --Neo-Jay (talk) 02:50, 24 September 2018 (UTC)
- Some sources are more reliable than others. Jack N. Stock (talk) 04:11, 24 September 2018 (UTC)
- Why is a banker more reliable than mainstream media? And by the way, Jamie Dimon called this as a "trade skirmish", not a trade dispute, per the source you provided above. --Neo-Jay (talk) 07:00, 24 September 2018 (UTC)
The western media frequently calls it trade war all the time so "trade war" is the unofficial popular reference in at least the English-speaking media. Using "dispute" would just confuse nowadays. I have always heard "trade war" used the most. Plus even if it's not by definition a trade war, the popular reference to it is "trade war" and I would recommend keeping that as the title at minimum. Unless the media decides to call it differently. )
- CommentAlthough "trade war" is more popular with the media, it is a quite an exaggeration. I guess that's how the media gets attention. The tension between the US and China is not yet to the point of "war" as far as I'm considered, given how both parties have put off tariffs and how negotiation have been put into place. I guess nowadays people are just used to these exaggeration. Escalate conflict to war is not really a good habit cause it exaggerate tension and confuse the public of the relation between those two nations. Viztor (talk) 00:01, 31 March 2019 (UTC)
- Oppose A "trade war" is a term for a distinct economic concept and its usage here is not simply sensationalizing a dispute between two countries. E.g., the first sentence of Wikipedia's own article on trade wars cites [5] and states "A trade war is an economic conflict resulting from extreme protectionism in which states raise or create tariffs or other trade barriers against each other in response to trade barriers created by the other party." Escalating tariffs (or other barriers to free trade) in an attempt to extract concessions from the opposing state(s) and/or protect domestic manufacturing is the literal definition of a trade war. It's not sensationalizing or spinning. It's a neutral, academic, term for a specific macroeconomic occurrence which is wholly applicable to the situation currently unfolding. Dawaegel (talk) 20:41, 13 May 2019 (UTC)
- Oppose If it is because China uses the term "dispute", then keep the title used now since China has changed the name to "war" now. --Mariogoods (talk) 00:11, 26 May 2019 (UTC)
- Oppose – This is a sterling case of a trade war, per the usual definition of the term. — JFG talk 09:38, 26 May 2019 (UTC)
"Theft" of intellectual property
The use of the term "theft" of intellectual property is misleading when it is being used by sources that don't show how it is being "stolen" in the first place. If a company signs a deal with China to give up their intellectual property in exchange for market access, how is that "theft" when the company is consensually doing it? No one is forcing them to give it away, they are willingly agreeing to it because they believe they will benefit overall from the deal. I propose that the word “theft” be at least enclosed in quotation marks when there are accusations of situations where no stealing is actually taking place. Hypertall (talk) 03:22, 20 September 2018 (UTC)
- This article addresses your point: "For instance, the Chinese government likes to claim that it doesn’t “force” technology transfers to local firms; foreign companies do so voluntarily. That’s disingenuous: In certain sectors, such as automobiles, regulation has been designed to leave foreign companies little choice." In my opinion, putting "theft" in quotation marks goes too far in the direction of skepticism. How about "A number of experts have focused on China's alleged theft of intellectual property"? Λυδαcιτγ 06:25, 21 September 2018 (UTC)
- How about "acquisition of intellectual property" or "transfer of intellectual property"? Jack N. Stock (talk) 15:59, 21 September 2018 (UTC)
- I mean, there is some actual theft. For example, "One of the most recent high profile examples of theft of US intellectual property happened earlier this year. In January, a Beijing-based wind turbine company was found guilty in the US of stealing trade secrets, using secretly downloaded source code stolen from a Massachusetts company." The article goes on, "Total theft of US trade secrets accounts for anywhere from $180 billion to $540 billion per year, according to the Commission on the Theft of American Intellectual Property -- as "the world's principal IP infringer," China accounts for the most of that theft." [6] CNBC just reports it as "China's alleged theft of intellectual property", which I think we should follow. Λυδαcιτγ 02:44, 22 September 2018 (UTC)
- How about "acquisition of intellectual property" or "transfer of intellectual property"? Jack N. Stock (talk) 15:59, 21 September 2018 (UTC)
Well according to trump, trade deficits with china are considered outright theft as China gets the better deal. Theft can be identified in an emotional subjective nature. Is that the case here?? Technically every country engages in Corporate espionage "covertly" and that is theft. But to publicly ask people to sign tech transfers if they wish to do business in china. Is that considered theft?? The companies will still have to weigh the pros and cons, and considering many do sign while being reasonably aware of the costs. Obviously there need be some valuable incentive or postive tradeoff to actually motivate them in signing. The trade war is possibly also motivated by the anxiety of the recent rise of china and possibly overtaking the states. So the unfair or unequal advantage that china "officially" has, is going to be viewed bitterly with heated intolerance. But the world is composed of different laws via different jurisdictions and sovereign states. So the question here is whether tech transfers itself are considered "theft" via objective existing international basic laws. By international criteria, "theft" is usually defined with the absense of the consent of the owner. Similarly Fraud is defined as using deciet and pretense. Those transfers reasonably uses neither and hence they are not "theft", despite not being popular with external heated unilateral povs. However how would you call it? Theft is a coined term defined by hawkish politicians to highlight the unfair nature so if you call it "theft". Name and describe the source of the people regarding it as theft however you can't engage in calling it "theft" yourself as your opinion is not above international basic legal definitions. Stingrayintrasensory (talk) 19:36, 6 January 2019 (UTC)
Theft by its definition is non-consensual, and it's obviously an invention by President Trump because he's very very very intelligent person. Such practice may be called unfair or protectionism, but in no case fit in as theft in any dictionary.Viztor (talk) 06:16, 20 May 2019 (UTC)
Requested move 24 September 2018
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The result of the move request was: Consensus not to move, therefore, not moved. (closed by non-admin page mover) Dreamy Jazz 🎷 talk to me | my contributions 20:14, 30 September 2018 (UTC)
2018 China–United States trade war → 2018 China–United States trade dispute – The term "trade war" is possibly inaccurate. This nomination is procedural as there have been several discussions and moves but no WP:RM discussion; I am neutral. power~enwiki (π, ν) 04:17, 24 September 2018 (UTC)
- Oppose. "Trade war" is much more commonly used, and should be used as the title per Wikipedia:Common name. Whether "trade war" is inaccurate is irrelevant to the discussion if it is the common name. --Neo-Jay (talk) 06:27, 24 September 2018 (UTC)
- Oppose. Not only is it the common name, but as per the trade war article this meets the definition perfectly. Murchison-Eye (talk) 22:24, 24 September 2018 (UTC)
- Oppose. per Neo-Jay. "Trade war" is the common name. Dappl (talk) 06:01, 25 September 2018 (UTC)
- Oppose It is a commonly used name and trade war in the article name makes sense. Felicia (talk) 15:41, 26 September 2018 (UTC)
- Oppose. —Wei4Green | 唯绿远大 (talk) 19:09, 27 September 2018 (UTC)
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Change Trade War to Trade Conflict(Title Change)
I believe that Trade War, should be changed to Trade Conflict,
A ¨War¨ indicates a https://www.dictionary.com/browse/war Armed conflict between countries. A conflict, what this situation is, https://www.dictionary.com/browse/conflict?s=t, indicates that this is a conflict of interest between the United States, and China.
Siccsucc (talk) 12:31, 26 October 2018 (UTC)
- Oppose. A trade war is not a war in a military sense. Wikipedia article "trade war" defines it as an "economic" conflict. I don't think that this definition is wrong. Do you? --Neo-Jay (talk) 10:23, 8 November 2018 (UTC)
Request correction for incorrectly attributed quote
I am a COI editor requesting a correction.
Under the section "Markets" there is a quote included from Brent Schutte, Northwestern Mutual Wealth Management. The quote originates from a MarketWatch article on 12/4 Cite error: There are <ref>
tags on this page without content in them (see the help page).https://www.marketwatch.com/story/dow-futures-drop-100-points-as-doubts-over-us-china-trade-deal-emerge-2018-12-04Cite error: There are <ref>
tags on this page without content in them (see the help page).
The first part of the quote is correct: On December 4, 2018, the Dow Jones Industrial Average declined a near 600 points, to which some argue is in part due to the trade war.[155] Brent Schutte, the Chief Investment Strategist at Northwestern Mutual Wealth Management Company, stated, “The market is reassessing if anything tangible happened at the Trump-Xi dinner. The market wants news of concrete steps to lower tariffs, not just pronouncements."[155]
However, the entry then pulls a second quote that is actually from another individual.
Schutte claims that the trade war "underscores growth concerns" for investors, as they remain skeptical whether or not a trade resolution will be reached.
The "underscores growth concerns" should be attributed to Tom Essaye, president of the Sevens Report
"The major underlying story this morning is the yield curve as the 2's-10s spread compressed to new lows overnight (13bp) and the 2's-5's actually inverted," wrote Tom Essaye, president of the Sevens Report, in a Tuesday morning note to clients.
The movement in the bond markets "underscores growth concerns," for equity investors, he wrote.
This can be seen in the original version of the MarketWatch story that was picked up by Morningstar
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tags on this page without content in them (see the help page).http://news.morningstar.com/all/dow-jones/us-markets/201812046306/market-snapshot-dow-sinks-200-points-as-us-china-trade-and-falling-10-year-yield-unnerve-investors.aspxCite error: There are <ref>
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Kosterberg (talk) 19:39, 7 December 2018 (UTC)
Background subsection off topic
The subsection under the Background heading, China as an autocratic market-distorting system, does not belong in this article, is off topic, and is is simply a general critique and comparison between U.S. Capitalism and Chinese Communism. This article is not about that.
The subsection gives no direct attribution to the subject of the article--the trade war--or even about tariffs. And a string of citations, some 7 years old, at the end of statements, essentially supports the problem, that those generalities have no direct connection to the current trade conflict. Which makes the subsection merely a synthesis, and is against guidelines.
I suggest that the entire sub-section be removed. Some of the citations may support some of the trade war issues elsewhere in the article, should anyone take the time to connect them. --Light show (talk) 17:44, 10 December 2018 (UTC)
- There are lots of trade disputes among countries in history. Why this last long and has different implications? Why State Secretary Mike Pompeo, National Security Advisor John R. Bolton, and NSC Senior Director for Asian Affairs Matthew Pottinger all participated in the December 1st trade negotiation with China? Why political leaders in the Congress address what you called "off topic" when talk and push for firm and further trade-related actions against China? If you don't know Peter Navarro's views in his works, how can you understand the White House National Trade Council Director's goals in this conflict? How can you understand what are the President and Vice President's intentions if you purposely bypass their important speeches on China amid the conflict? There are only 4 or 5 socialist/communist regimes left now, why Trump wasted several sentences to address this while specified the trade problems China caused in front of world leaders two months ago?
- The first paragraph cites professional contents to describe and explain what China's system is as most people don't understand or misunderstand. It's obviously misleading if intentionally or unintentionally letting people think subtly that one-party China is functioning as same as democratic market-oriented countries like Mexico, Germany, Japan, Ireland, Italy, India, Canada who contributed much less trade deficit to U.S. The second and third paragraphs quote words of the main figures in this process and U.S official reports to address the problems mentioned in the first paragraph. They are all well-sourced compared with some other content in this article.
- This is not a surface but a critical factor why and how China didn't follow the rules for such a long time and why U.S. can't but to take concrete actions now after two decades. Persons who really know the topic and political economy know this is actually the key and real issue. There are somethings the governments do but may not say it in an explict way due to all kinds of concern. But it doesn't mean they are less important or you cannot see them. This is not merely a "trade war" but a competition of two different economic and political systems of democratic market countries and the dictator communist regime while financial, industrial, and military competitions (VP Pence mentions President Ronald Reagan and defense budget in his special-China-focused speech two months ago) among others occur at the same time which we should not ignore. People lost the point from just an isolated perspective. Downgrading the real problems from bigger picture is not a honest way to record and comprehend the issue. It's simply incomplete if overlooks the true dynamics.
- --Wildcursive (talk) 20:25, 10 December 2018 (UTC)
- Thanks for the explanations, but it's not your personal job to use an article about tariffs and a trade war to give us a history lesson about Chinese politics, its true dynamics, or its communist system. Doing so, makes the article less readable or useful, since too much of it is irrelevant.
- That's obvious from some of your recent comments, like one above: The first paragraph cites professional contents to describe and explain what China's system is as most people don't understand or misunderstand. And your additions to the article which generalize about Chinese politics from Trump's UN speech, was not about the tariffs: Socialism’s thirst for power leads to expansion, incursion, and oppression. All nations of the world should resist socialism and the misery that it brings to everyone. In that speech he covered politics around the world. This article is about the tariffs and the current trade war, and shouldn't be used to tell us all the negative aspects about Chinese communism. So my opinion up top still stands, that most of your additions and old citations are off topic. Even if most people don't totally understand Chinese politics, this article is not a forum for an editor to educate us about it.--Light show (talk) 01:04, 11 December 2018 (UTC)
- Without a direct link and citation of statements, whether true or not, to the current trade war or tariffs, they should be removed. Hopefully by you. Feel free to fix or add them back once the relevance issue is fixed. The long strings of cites added to the end of sections is not the way to cite facts: On Wikipedia, an inline citation refers to a citation in a page's text placed by any method that allows the reader to associate a given bit of material with specific reliable source(s) that support it.--Light show (talk) 17:28, 11 December 2018 (UTC)
- Let the readers understand the topic with reliable and professional sources certainly contributes useful information for Wikipedia. This pattern/style or "Background" section can be seen in most other articles. I see no reason to cover for a rogue regime or not to reveal all kinds of truth. U.S. punishment/retaliation is not occurring in a vacuum or suddenly occurs this year. So many experts with personal articles on Wikipedia have argued or provided evidences that U.S. trade policy toward China is not only about trade. I am sorry to ask why you think yourself is more important or authoritative than them and can remove all these information which surely fit the article title/topic? The readers of different backgrounds can judge themselves. I will continue to work on this article. --Wildcursive (talk) 10:02, 12 December 2018 (UTC)
- There is already a relevant background section, Sources and rationales for the tariffs. Your "background" section is a short essay about the history of China's politics and economics, which is off topic, and belongs in other more relevant articles. --Light show (talk) 10:30, 12 December 2018 (UTC)
- As mentioned, I've refined the section and will continue to work on the article.
- In fact, the subtitle "Sources of Conflicts" was what I changed from the original somewhat strange "Trade grievances" for the now "Background" section. It's not difficult to rename or restructure the paragraphs. The key point is why you think you are the only capable or knowledgeable person to define the scope?
- There are many shown on the article support the current article structure while you cannot cite/auote any important person or media to support your own way that this trade war is merely about trade. If this is only a trade issue, it should have been solved by USTR alone long time ago and as easy as from NAFTA to USMCA. The democratic-elected Congress play an important role in U.S. side and the one-party dictator regime doesn't have any organization like U.S. Congress, isn't it politics?
- "Production" and "Market" are two main issues in economy which interact with politics in different ways in different systems. If you totally ignore factors concerning party control and market distortion, you certainly don't know how economy and trade work in China. The background section tries accurately capturing where the anger and fear came from and explaining American's minset now.
- --Wildcursive (talk) 06:45, 14 December 2018 (UTC)
- Support - The
China as an party-controlled market-distorting systemStructure of China's political economy system is off topic, and is soapboxing. It should be removed entirely. STSC (talk) 11:30, 12 December 2018 (UTC) - Oppose - The section is wholy relevant. it explains the ideological (in other word cultural, political cultural) reason that make this trade "war" totally different than usa trade "war" with canada and mexico AND european union (you may also say japan too). aside from being arguably most important reason for the trade war it is also the section that comes cloossest in ENTIRE article to address the ideological issue. So the basic idea by @Wildcursive: is right. Integration of this material into source and rationale for tariff section does not work caus is does not deal direct with tariff issue. That said i think we can all hav e agreement some of the titles are too peacock and just inflllamatory. I would suggest using more neutral heading like "Ideological reason"or "difference in political culture" or something like that. Just start off by saying "China as an party-controlled market-distorting system" is too much. Waskerton (talk) 20:42, 12 December 2018 (UTC)
- Support: Per Wildcursive's rationale above, The first paragraph cites professional contents to describe and explain what China's system is as most people don't understand or misunderstand. And per Waskerton's rationale, The section is wholly relevant. it explains the ideological (in other word cultural, political cultural) reason that make this trade "war."
- But since this article is about a current event, the 2018 Trade War, both of those rationales are opinions about other stuff, such as "China's system," and "ideological, cultural, and political" historical background, which are way off topic. As such they go against the purpose of WP, which should avoid "essay-like, argumentative, promotional or opinionated writing." And the section gets too close to straight propaganda, ie., stating facts "used primarily to influence an audience and further an agenda, often by presenting facts selectively to encourage a particular synthesis or perception ..." So I agree with User STSC, that since WP should not engage in soapboxing, regardless of the truth of any facts cited, that section doesn't belong. --Light show (talk) 22:55, 12 December 2018 (UTC)
- @Light show: @Wildcursive:@STSC:
- User Light show Your reasoning make no sense. So what if the article is about current events it does not mean there cannot be a background section (if that is what you are saying). You will also notice the section is well source by notable people with wiki articles for each of them which means it is not essay-like. if there is statement you think is to peacock then we can take those out but you do not say just take out the whole section. Which is also the same thing that happen for the other background section, but funnily enough you do not make a fusss about them but only choose to focus all your attention on this one section that talks about the ideology, culture or whatever you want to call it. Why the double standard? Finally i have revert your inclusion of the off topic tag. I explained as part of edit summary but you did not read it (maybe you chose not to read it) but for any case I will repeat again: i will ask that you do not include back the tag into article as the priorversion for this article before your edit warring on this did NOT have this tag. I respectfully ask you observe this or i will be force to take you to administrator incide noticeboard if you do a few more of you putting the tag back in. Waskerton (talk) 05:43, 14 December 2018 (UTC)
- Oppose - Waskerton and I obviously and strongly disagree with you. You never answer and may actually unable to answer all the questions I raised above. I believe most readers have different judgement from you. -- Wildcursive (talk) 06:45, 14 December 2018 (UTC)
- Comment Yes. this whole request for deletion actually sound like POV to me try to hide underlying issue for fear of exposing the rational reasons (if they exist) to has for it to happen. I reallly cannot understand why the other background paragraph are EXACTLY like this one but nobody care about it. It is only this one that get people all excited with nonsense talk of "propaganda" and "soapbox". if this is an attempt to suppress another view just because one does not have a good view FOR it, then it is just a terrible tactic. Waskerton (talk) 09:07, 14 December 2018 (UTC)
- @STSC: @Wildcursive:
- Nobody is insult the intelligence of anyone we are saying you must be an idiot to want what you want which is to delete ENTIRE section. I repeat again because it is obvious you did not read what i say if there is OR or soapbox then you delete that content not do a whole mass deletion of the paragraph. I have also undone your massive revert (purge) of the section ([7] and [8]) DISCUSS this first lots of the materiall you removed is well source and actually IN the source. this is not like a video game you eliminate a bunch of things and pretend there are 0 consequences. i have notifiied Wildcursive as he is the user who put most of material you took out and involve him in this convo to see what can be done about consensus over the content. Waskerton (talk) 15:39, 14 December 2018 (UTC)
- Support - As per above, this section is off-topic and biased. For one, the content belongs in a separate article documenting economic policy. Also, @Waskerton:
The background section tries accurately capturing where the anger and fear came from and explaining American's minset now.
, if we additionally choose to document propaganda, it needs to be WP:NPOV. Wakari07 (talk) 21:23, 15 December 2018 (UTC)- 'Comment @Wakari07: firstly this t is example of wikhounding as i have clashed with you on other pages and i will report you to ani if you remove any material in concened pharagraph on basis of his votestack attempt. there is no way you would found your way on this vote except for my involvvemnet here when you basicaly everything you do is just edit on portal news. As for your hysterical, fkae "arguments": firstly as has been main point of the paragraph is not economic so your advice of put the material in separate article about economic policy make 0 sense. And as for "propaganda" you should note it was not made by my the material was not writen by me. And in any case they are all attribute with good sourcing to notable figures all with wiki article...pretty much like how every article in wikipedia si written. Waskerton (talk) 10:13, 16 December 2018 (UTC)
- The article page is on my watchlist since August, when User:Waskerton was barely one week old. And naturally, since I'm involved in almost endless, almost fruitless "talks" with them [9] [10] [11] [12] [13] [14], my attention was directed to this talk too. Wakari07 (talk) 10:32, 16 December 2018 (UTC)
- 'Comment @Wakari07: firstly this t is example of wikhounding as i have clashed with you on other pages and i will report you to ani if you remove any material in concened pharagraph on basis of his votestack attempt. there is no way you would found your way on this vote except for my involvvemnet here when you basicaly everything you do is just edit on portal news. As for your hysterical, fkae "arguments": firstly as has been main point of the paragraph is not economic so your advice of put the material in separate article about economic policy make 0 sense. And as for "propaganda" you should note it was not made by my the material was not writen by me. And in any case they are all attribute with good sourcing to notable figures all with wiki article...pretty much like how every article in wikipedia si written. Waskerton (talk) 10:13, 16 December 2018 (UTC)
RfC: Whether section about China's general politics and economy belong
Does the sub-section under Background, titled Structure of China's political economy system, belong in this article? --Light show (talk) 21:42, 18 December 2018 (UTC)
- No: It is an off-topic commentary by one editor. The consensus shown above is against including someone's summary and opinion about a massive subject such as this, even if it fit the topic of the article. And because all of it is simply a multi, over-cited critique about China's policies, it clearly goes against NPOV in any case.--Light show (talk) 21:42, 18 December 2018 (UTC)
Photo of liu he and other photos
@Tobby72: Per your edit wars here and here for the liu he photo i have removed the liu he AND your photos you includ here until an agreeement on this can be occurred. Per brd do not restore ANY of this material till we discuss this or i take you to administrator incident place for edit war on this article and the other ones (Miao Wei, Canada china relations and Wilbur Ross). Waskerton (talk) 07:33, 11 December 2018 (UTC)
- I reverted since I see no argument here to remove these relevant and informative additions. Wakari07 (talk) 20:43, 11 December 2018 (UTC)
- Tobby72 hasn't responded and you have not made arguments to KEEP the additions either. discuss here first Waskerton (talk) 06:36, 12 December 2018 (UTC)
- @Waskerton: I agree with @Wakari07:, no reasonable argument, just your threats and intimidation. My additions are relevant and the CONSENSUS is against you, Waskerton. Also beware of WP:BOOMERANG. -- Tobby72 (talk) 17:19, 12 December 2018 (UTC)
- No intimidation by me and bad example of consensus here as wakari07 has clashed on other pages before. Making this as result example of vote stacking. Waskerton (talk) 20:42, 12 December 2018 (UTC)
- @Waskerton: I agree with @Wakari07:, no reasonable argument, just your threats and intimidation. My additions are relevant and the CONSENSUS is against you, Waskerton. Also beware of WP:BOOMERANG. -- Tobby72 (talk) 17:19, 12 December 2018 (UTC)
- Tobby72 hasn't responded and you have not made arguments to KEEP the additions either. discuss here first Waskerton (talk) 06:36, 12 December 2018 (UTC)
unreliable sources
I have added unreliable source tags to the en84.com and xifeizaixian.com which are currently contained in this version of the article. There are other sources that can be used to state the position of the PRC government's position in the relevant places, but these two sources clearly don't apply. Barring any discussion on these sources i will be removing them per Wikipedia:Consensus. Flickotown (talk) 04:45, 8 January 2019 (UTC)
Rename to China–United States trade war?
China–United States trade war is currently a blank page. This should be the first trade war between PRC & USA. Therefore, this can be renamed to China–United States trade war until second trade war happens in the future. --Kowlooner (talk) 13:39, 13 January 2019 (UTC)
- Support - @Kowlooner: The parenthesis "(2018–present)" in the title is unneccessary. —Wei4Green | 唯绿远大 (talk) 16:41, 29 January 2019 (UTC)
- Done. I moved China–United States trade war (2018–present) to China–United States trade war. --Neo-Jay (talk) 04:17, 1 February 2019 (UTC)
so, what the excuses are?
original text:
== 基本没提到中国的反应。 == nearly all of the sources are from the U.S. 如果你们想了解中国民间的反应,here: https://zh.wikipedia.org/wiki/2018年中美贸易争端 (User talk:观赏植物) 14:53, 22 December 2018 (UTC)
@Flickotown: you said "removed this as google translate indicates that this is an ethnonationalist qua racialist/borderline racist recommendation. Clear violation of WP:NOTHERE"
literal translation
"基本没提到中国的反应" ≈ "nearly Nothing in China's reaction/statement"
"如果你们想了解中国民间的反应," ≈ "If you want to know the reaction/statement of China social,"
“2018年中美贸易争端”= This entry(zh.wikipedia version)
Tell me, where the racist was?I am curious.观赏植物 (talk) 23:01, 1 February 2019 (UTC)
What's with the 50 cents party link?
Is it even relevant here? — Preceding unsigned comment added by 128.119.202.64 (talk) 00:59, 7 March 2019 (UTC)
This Article Reads like a U.S policy briefing
This article is shockingly biased in that its only purpose seems to be to justify and support the U.S position rather than give a real and impartial insight into what is happening. The entire piece serves to give credence to the U.S position alone even when some of these claims are obviously politically motivated or biased, utilizing sinophobic discourses than actual empirical facts. For example, look how it is even using quotes from Steve Bannon to prop up the piece! It's just one gigantic attack on China's political system and economic structure. There's no middle ground here.--180.233.216.226 (talk) 01:28, 14 May 2019 (UTC)
- Well, what do you expect on Wikipedia? American newspapers are treated as divine (read "reliable sources") here. Most American editors (in the same way as most Americans) have unshakable belief over the reliability of their media. So, just accept that and move on. Don't start an edit war or something. You'll end up wasting your time. 71.31.30.66 (talk) 23:26, 19 May 2019 (UTC)
- As I read through it, it's much much worse than even I initially suspected. Just wow. Grew up in Vietnam. We had propaganda but nobody ever believed it. But the US is like a cult or something. Now, I'm more determined than ever that I won't get involved. It will be 100 times worse than arguing with missionaries that God doesn't exist. 71.31.30.66 (talk) 23:50, 19 May 2019 (UTC)
If you have a problem with it, create an account and do it yourself. That’s the beauty of the free encyclopedia. Trillfendi (talk) 19:25, 23 May 2019 (UTC)
- Except that it will get reverted in an instant and we'll get bogged down into brutal edit wars, which I presume you mean is the "beauty" of the "free" encyclopedia. 192.68.112.171 (talk) 04:11, 24 May 2019 (UTC)
If my memory isn't wrong, realiable source are not only existing in the US. Also, China's state-run media could be used as primary source for exposing China's view per the source policy.--Mariogoods (talk) 03:07, 25 May 2019 (UTC)
videos to migrate?
Bunch of videos from VOA here on the topic that may be PD: https://www.youtube.com/user/VOAvideo/search?query=trade+war Victor Grigas (talk) 06:40, 20 May 2019 (UTC)
United States or Trump administration?
With this edit,[16] Lmatt replaced "the Trump administration" with "the United States" when describing in the lead section this administration's legal justification for imposing tariffs. I believe that "Trump administration" is more accurate, as this part of the text does not discuss trade disputes with China under prior U.S. administrations. Accordingly, I reverted,[17] but Lmatt restored their version without comment.[18] Per WP:BRD, a discussion is required. — JFG talk 00:02, 27 May 2019 (UTC)
- I have made an additional edit to replace "the United States" with "the president of the United States, Donald Trump" for greater clarity and accuracy. Lmatt (talk) 01:11, 27 May 2019 (UTC)
Propaganda piece for the Trump administration.
I'm really surprised to see how this whole article turn out to be this blatantly one-sided. This reads like a war propaganda piece. No pluralism, no dissenting opinions, no analysis on the technical or economical impacts of the trade war, it's just pure rhetoric and actual directives from the Trump government to the American farmers and consumers about how they should've behaved. It's sad how the editors don't even bother to pretend to be encyclopedic. I'm fairly certain that no side will win in a trade war, but clearly the Trump MAGA nation has won the editing war of this article. --Aceus0shrifter (talk) 16:22, 27 May 2019 (UTC)
- Would this qualify as an attack page? Yes, it's only purpose is to disparage its subject, China. The pro-U.S. bias is way too obvious, to the point that I think this article needs to be chucked and started again from scratch. ViperSnake151 Talk 16:35, 27 May 2019 (UTC)
- for fucks sake stop the bleating already if you and other (sockpuppet?) user hate the article so much then feel free to inject your own POV into the article (in the same way you proudly display your POV on your talk page) and we will go from there. It is clear that nobody is stopping you from doing so, or if there is, then you have obviously found a way to get around it. Doing anything else is just a shitty, mediocre attempt at buck passing: this main article is one-sided, but i can't be bothered to change it so I'm going to complain on the talk page in the hopes that somebody else will do it. Syopsis (talk) 19:20, 30 May 2019 (UTC)
RFC on restarting article from scratch due to subversion of the neutral point of view (NPOV)
This is effectively an attack page. Its only purpose is to disparage its subject (China) by presenting the topic with a significant pro-U.S. slant, to the extent that it reads more like sinophobic propaganda rather than neutral encyclopedic content. I have no explicit views on the matter, but this article really wants me to support the Trump administration. That is not what Wikipedia articles are intended to be.
I had cold feet on actually nominating this for speedy deletion as an attack page, but then I realized that might be considered WP:POINTy (since usually a G10 is used for actual libel. I have not seen it applied to any article whose content has reached a point that it is effectively a biased attack against one of its subjects—person, corporate person, nation, or not). I think this article, at this rate, needs to be restarted and rewritten neutrally from the start, so that we can present objective information without bias on this crucial trade dispute. ViperSnake151 Talk 16:46, 27 May 2019 (UTC)
- Comment Shut this pseudo-intellectualized, tryhard RFC down with prejudice. Asi said above this RFC is just another iteration of a shitty, mediocre attempt at buck passing: the main article is one-sided, but i can't be bothered to change it so i am going to take the short cut and rewrite it completely so it fits into my point-of-view/bias. I should also say I find it curious that the writing by the requester is suspiciously similar to the what the IP user 180.233.216.226 wrote in the This Article Reads like a U.S policy briefing section above (key words: sinophobic, attack); perhaps this RFC is part of a larger attempt to garner the impression that there is more opposition than there really is to what's currently in the articles. Notify User:Neo-Jay and User:Wildcursive of this RFC whoo would have direct interest in this as they have made the most contributions to this (talk page) article. Syopsis (talk) 19:20, 30 May 2019 (UTC)
- Comment This RFC may be too much, but you should not deny that the majority of this article are composed of views by American, if not Trump-related, politician and/or their associates, it is just way too obvious. BTW, when talking about POV, it's not just about taking all perspectives in the US, especially when this article is talking about United States AND China, not US alone. Viztor (talk) 19:47, 30 May 2019 (UTC)
- Comment: @Syopsis: Actually, no. I just happened to agree with the fact that this article feels like a right-wing puff piece rather than actually being neutral and encyclopedic. ViperSnake151 Talk 23:22, 30 May 2019 (UTC)
- @ViperSnake151: There is no "right-wing" (or "left-wing") or fact about anything. The issue here is you just don't like that this article doesn't fit your point of view but you can't be bothered to change it the right way, so you initiated this RFC in a desperate attempt to short circuit the whole process. It's pretty simple if you hate the article so much then feel free to inject your own POV into the article - nobody is stopping you from doing this. But please stop pretending you are the victim here or occupy some kind of moral high ground just because you don't care enough to put in the necessary effort to get the changes you want to see happen on the article. Syopsis (talk) 02:20, 31 May 2019 (UTC)
- The problem isn't a lack of a certain POV, it's that there's too much in this article that appeals to the Trump POV. It just needs to be trimmed down to focus on just facts. Less spin. ViperSnake151 Talk 02:21, 31 May 2019 (UTC)
- @ViperSnake151: Nobody is stopping you from doing it - just don't be surprised if other people take issue with it. As somebody who has made 50k edits on this encyclopedia this is something you should know by now. By the way you can forget about making changes like this and this - doing that will most likely just get you reported. I would suggest that you discuss your changes here on this talk page first, but of course you are free to ignore it and edit war as you please. Syopsis (talk) 02:29, 31 May 2019 (UTC)
- The problem isn't a lack of a certain POV, it's that there's too much in this article that appeals to the Trump POV. It just needs to be trimmed down to focus on just facts. Less spin. ViperSnake151 Talk 02:21, 31 May 2019 (UTC)
- @ViperSnake151: There is no "right-wing" (or "left-wing") or fact about anything. The issue here is you just don't like that this article doesn't fit your point of view but you can't be bothered to change it the right way, so you initiated this RFC in a desperate attempt to short circuit the whole process. It's pretty simple if you hate the article so much then feel free to inject your own POV into the article - nobody is stopping you from doing this. But please stop pretending you are the victim here or occupy some kind of moral high ground just because you don't care enough to put in the necessary effort to get the changes you want to see happen on the article. Syopsis (talk) 02:20, 31 May 2019 (UTC)
- The Feedback Request Service legobot sent me. This article is absolutely terrible. The "Reactions" section is almost entirely pro-tariffs, omitting the far more prevalent opposition to them in Congress and among economists, commentators, and those adversely affected by them. I've hardly ever seen any article so blatantly biased and unbalanced. However, having said that, I doubt deletion (speedy or otherwise) is anywhere near as good an alternative as correcting it by including the mainstream point of view, which should not be particularly difficult. I suggest that those concerned with the article's bias work on balancing it instead of deleting it. EllenCT (talk) 07:31, 3 June 2019 (UTC)
- To be honest, this version is much shorter, hence easier to fix/edit etc, however, if you look back at this version. You might get the idea why the proposer believe starting from scratch would be easier. Viztor (talk) 10:59, 3 June 2019 (UTC)
- Indeed I do. Someone should add in https://www.cnbc.com/2019/06/02/morgan-stanley-sees-recession-on-the-horizon-if-trade-war-escalates.html by the way. EllenCT (talk) 19:02, 3 June 2019 (UTC)
- To be honest, this version is much shorter, hence easier to fix/edit etc, however, if you look back at this version. You might get the idea why the proposer believe starting from scratch would be easier. Viztor (talk) 10:59, 3 June 2019 (UTC)
- Comment Summoned by bot. Indeed this is somewhat biased, in terms of what is highlighted, and even with the chosen phrasing. It was also full of grammar issues and typos but I fixed some of it. I also added a sentence about the ineffectiveness of the tariffs to the lede, to balance things out. I also think it's fixable rather than needing to be blown up. TimTempleton (talk) (cont) 18:18, 3 June 2019 (UTC)
Reverting to a version POV biased is not ok.
restoring to a version with no substantial arguments besides accusations is not ok. the person make those edits need to take the responsibility of discussion, instead of keep reverting to the version he prefers. Viztor (talk) 07:53, 1 June 2019 (UTC)
Biased editing-Request for increased security
Hi there.This page seems to be moving towards a more biased level editing and needs to have extra security to these pages,so that wikipedia remains factual and not with redundant information that potrays a certain point.I request the admin of this page to increase the security measure for this page as soon possible,to prevent any further unconstructive editing that needs constant monitoring.Thank you.
hari147 (talk) 11:11, 1 June 2019 (UTC)
Infobox
The article should not use the war infobox, since it's not a military conflict. Benjamin (talk) 18:59, 2 June 2019 (UTC)
Article concerns
Even with the recent cuts, the article is still too long. Should we consider splitting off China–United States trade war#Chronology? –MJL ‐Talk‐☖ 01:37, 3 June 2019 (UTC)
- @MJL: Firstly can you please explain why you put in the globalize tag and the the Trump and Xi sidebars and that unverified statement. Those edits just didn't make any sense. Syopsis (talk) 01:53, 3 June 2019 (UTC)
- @Syopsis: First, full disclosure: Viztor mentioned this article up on WP:Discord, and that was what brought it to my attention. I think it is only fair that you know that. Secondly, the sidebar is for navigational purposes, but it's fine that you deleted I guess. It's merely cosmetic. However, the tag should stay. It rather clearly portrays a very US-focused view of the situation (not let's say... Mexico nor Japan or any other unrelated country for that matter). Please let another uninvolved editor remove the tag once the concern is sufficiently address. Thank you, –MJL ‐Talk‐☖ 02:08, 3 June 2019 (UTC)
- @MJL: Since it's a partial revert, I'll let it go. That said, since I obviously disagree with it, I respectfully ask that we try to work this out between us first before we escalate the situation any further. Please explain why you think the tag should stay. Syopsis (talk) 02:58, 3 June 2019 (UTC)
- @Syopsis: [Thank you for the ping] It almost doesn't mention any country besides China and the United States (despite the EU and Japan having a rather significant reaction). Almost all the sources are from American media. Other than that, the article puts undue weight towards political considerations in the United States. Finally, there is not a single mention is made in the reaction section from the Chinese side of this dispute. –MJL ‐Talk‐☖ 03:12, 3 June 2019 (UTC)
- @MJL: Then put the tag in the reactions section - why does it need to apply to the whole article? As for your other arguments: why should it even mention other countries? It's a trade war between THE TWO COUNTRIES. The sources are mainly from America - so what? Syopsis (talk) 04:18, 4 June 2019 (UTC)
- @Syopsis: In no particular order: It's a dispute between two of the largest economic powers in the world. Other countries have a very vested interest in the outcome of this dispute. Therefore, this article (like all articles on Wikipedia) should take care to put it into a global context and perspective. THe problem with having too many American sources is that it leads to biased coverage (in this case, a pro-USA POV). Finally, I do think the problem extends to the entire article. It entirely focuses too heavily on American political and economic consideration and nothing of the 100+ countries sitting on the sidelines for this dispute (all of whom have their own independent media we can source from). –MJL ‐Talk‐☖ 04:39, 4 June 2019 (UTC)
- @MJL: I have to say the "biased coverage cuz it came frum dis country!" argument (I mean this generally, not yours particularly, because it's an argument that i've commonly seen) is as good as a dog's breakfast - it's bad reasoning, uses bad information and overall just trades on a bad attitude which just leads to all kinds of shitty consequences. It is just a pseudo-intellectual, desperate attempt to rationalize discrimination - it's wrong to devalue a person's opinion based on race or ethnicity but somehow we are supposed to be okay if we start doing it by nationality/geography. Really? I could understand if it went the other way because Mainland China doesn't have a free press, but even then...it just smacks of tryhard dog whistling. And about your specific argument that we should take the views of other countries into account - where is it going to end? Are we going to include the reactions of all the countries on Earth? If we are going to include the EU and Japan's views (as you suggested above), are you going to complain if it leads to more "bias"? I will also make the general remark that ive said above which is that what you are doing seems like just another mediocre attempt at buck passing: this main article is one-sided, but i can't be bothered to change it so I'm going to just take the short route, slap a tag on the article and then complain on the talk page in the hopes that somebody else will do it. What precisely you are proposing? Syopsis (talk) 00:50, 8 June 2019 (UTC)
- @Syopsis: In no particular order: It's a dispute between two of the largest economic powers in the world. Other countries have a very vested interest in the outcome of this dispute. Therefore, this article (like all articles on Wikipedia) should take care to put it into a global context and perspective. THe problem with having too many American sources is that it leads to biased coverage (in this case, a pro-USA POV). Finally, I do think the problem extends to the entire article. It entirely focuses too heavily on American political and economic consideration and nothing of the 100+ countries sitting on the sidelines for this dispute (all of whom have their own independent media we can source from). –MJL ‐Talk‐☖ 04:39, 4 June 2019 (UTC)
- @MJL: Then put the tag in the reactions section - why does it need to apply to the whole article? As for your other arguments: why should it even mention other countries? It's a trade war between THE TWO COUNTRIES. The sources are mainly from America - so what? Syopsis (talk) 04:18, 4 June 2019 (UTC)
- @Syopsis: [Thank you for the ping] It almost doesn't mention any country besides China and the United States (despite the EU and Japan having a rather significant reaction). Almost all the sources are from American media. Other than that, the article puts undue weight towards political considerations in the United States. Finally, there is not a single mention is made in the reaction section from the Chinese side of this dispute. –MJL ‐Talk‐☖ 03:12, 3 June 2019 (UTC)
- @MJL: Since it's a partial revert, I'll let it go. That said, since I obviously disagree with it, I respectfully ask that we try to work this out between us first before we escalate the situation any further. Please explain why you think the tag should stay. Syopsis (talk) 02:58, 3 June 2019 (UTC)
- @Syopsis: First, full disclosure: Viztor mentioned this article up on WP:Discord, and that was what brought it to my attention. I think it is only fair that you know that. Secondly, the sidebar is for navigational purposes, but it's fine that you deleted I guess. It's merely cosmetic. However, the tag should stay. It rather clearly portrays a very US-focused view of the situation (not let's say... Mexico nor Japan or any other unrelated country for that matter). Please let another uninvolved editor remove the tag once the concern is sufficiently address. Thank you, –MJL ‐Talk‐☖ 02:08, 3 June 2019 (UTC)
@Syopsis and MJL: I agree that the article should have a global perspective, in order to avoid a partisan tone and to reflect what is at stake for the global economy. Particularly because the United States is one of the two major parties to the trade war, it would be inappropriate to rely too heavily on US sources, since this will naturally unbalance the article.
That said, it certainly is possible to represent at least some portion of the Chinese perspective using US sources. Second, it seems to me as though many of the deletions from the lead are unwarranted. At this point, beginning by reading the lead, I have really no idea what this this dispute is about. It shouldn't be so hard to represent both Chinese and American viewpoints in the lead.
One thing that would help, I think, is historical background at the onset of the article. This would help explain China's particular regulations regarding foreign investment and economic partnership. This section could also describe China's rapid economic growth and the prospect that the Chinese economy will surpass the American, something which is obviously contributing strongly to the trade war. -Darouet (talk) 09:41, 7 June 2019 (UTC)
- @Darouet: I have to say at the outset that it should be noted you really aren't in any position to be complaining about "partisan tone," natural balance or whatever given your history of making partisan, non neutral-point-of-view edits/editing from a partisan, non-NPOV on other articles. It would be much better if you just stated the obvious, which is that you don't like the article because it doesn't fit your point-of-view/bias as the other person who filed the meaningless RFC request above did. As i said above to MJL I don't buy the whole "biased coverage cuz it came frum dis country!" argument (I mean this generally, not yours particularly, because it's an argument that i've commonly seen) it's mediocre, pseudo-intellectual dog whistling and really just code for "I don't like the article, but i can't be bothered to change it so I am complaining on the talk page in the hopes that somebody else does it." As for your comments/specific suggestions: the lead removals are totally warranted the information that was there either could have went into/was already in the body of the article or just meaningless, wannabe editoirlizing, much like what your proposal for about the "historical background" would lead to (which is already kind of there and at any rate has already been tried in the way you want...and ended up as a complete clusterfuck) Syopsis (talk) 00:50, 8 June 2019 (UTC)
- @Darouet: The removal of stuff from the lead wasn't me. In fact, all of my changes were reverted except for the tag which is what we are currently discussing. This is why I am... confused by Syopsis saying
[The arguement behind my tag is]... "I don't like the article, but i can't be bothered to change it so I am complaining on the talk page in the hopes that somebody else does it."
considering I did make changes that I felt at least helped. The only thing left from edits is the tag, and I sure am not going to start arguing for individual changes to an article when we can't even agree whether or not needs fixing. On a separate note to Syopsis, you should really avoid making the ad hominem personal attacks against Darouet like you just did in the beginning. Further, you never really had consensus to cut the historical background section, so I ask you please note that fact when saying itended up as a complete [expletive]
. Now, can we get back onto track here? –MJL ‐Talk‐☖ 01:48, 8 June 2019 (UTC) - @MJL: It's not a personal attack, I was just stating a fact. That person has strong, partisan view on things and edits accordingly; it's pretty obvious if you look at the editing record. If it makes you feel better, I happen to think that applies to every user on Wikipedia - we all edit from a strong point of view. The difference is I am not the one trying to play both sides: talking about avoiding partisanship while editing partisanly. And yes, I stand by what i said about the "historical background" (what ever that even refers/referred to) - it was a complete clusterfuck. You had people cramming in totally irrelevant, blog-type, cherry-picked information in background section, followed by an alphabet soup of point-of-view, worded titles (also littered with blog-type, cherry-picked information, sometimes splattered with large chunks of irrelevant material) and concluded by stand alone paragraphs that had no reason to even be stand alone paragraphs in the first place. Much inferior to the background section in the current version of the article - you can pretty much find all the background info to the trade war there.
- But moving on. What exactly is it that you even want to see changed in the article? All you have done is complain about the biasedness of the article with absolutely terrible reasons (why does it even matter what place/country the sources are from?) while giving me zero ideas on what your solution even is. the only (proper) description for that kind of attitude is (you guessed) "I don't like the article, but i can't be bothered to change it so I am slap (or restore) a tag and complain on the talk page in the hopes that somebody else does it." Syopsis (talk) 04:20, 8 June 2019 (UTC)
- @Syopsis: [Thank you for the ping] First, I have never subscribed to the WP:STRAIGHT/WP:POLE philosophy that everyone has a POV and compromise somehow brings us closer to neutrality or something. I'm not trying to ascribe words to you that you did not author, but that's why I don't think it's fine to call someone else a partisan nor imply they are a hypocrite because of the fact.
Whatever, I guess.I really don't want to argue conduct on a content talk page because that's not what this namespace is for. Let me just put this in perspective. The following editors have said as recently as 27 May 2019 that this article definitely as some' bias towards the US: ViperSnake151, Viztor, EllenCT, Timtempleton, myself, and now Darouet (actually, I am wrong here because in fact there are more editors who have said as such, but I digress). You are quite literally the only one recently defending this ludicrous idea that the article isn't biased. I proposed specific, concrete, changes I would like to have been able to make that you dismissed as silly (ie, that all the major players in line with reliable sourcing be included, that more sourcing come from outside the western hemisphere, and introduce specific viewpoints that contradict the American government's oddly specific narrative). If that sounds like mindless complaining, I'm sorry. My first gosh dang idea was to split off Chronology section into its own article to cut down on length, but I guess that doesn't matter. I couldn't even tag this article without having to write a paragraph in defense of it (much less make content related edits). I would be more than happy to help make more specific changes if I wasn't spending most of my emotional energy trying to defend that single note which so perplexes you as to warrant this discussion. –MJL ‐Talk‐☖ 04:54, 8 June 2019 (UTC)- @MJL: It seems you have a hard time reading so I will make it easier. WHAT DO YOU WANT TO DO? You haven't proposed anything speciic, I've asked you three times now, all I have gotten is just non-answers. You started with the sources are all from the US, I challenged you on that so-called argument (why does it even matter what place/country the sources are from?) and you responded by not only refusing to answer, but now you have introduced some more nonsensical arguments - "introduce specific viewpoints that contradict the American government's oddly specific narrative" (we already have tons of this). Syopsis (talk) 05:54, 8 June 2019 (UTC)
- He is really a nihilist who don't believe an article can ever be "neutral", perhaps he is right, there is no neutrality in its strict definition, however, when we are debating neutrality, it is defined the way wikipedia defines it, take proportionally from reliable sources, that is not that hard. Yeah, we would love our articles to be not so heavy-tasted towards one-side. Yeah we are only as neutral as our sources, and all we are trying to do is to make sure it proportionally represent views of reliable sources. That's it, if you don't like it, convince the sources, don't try to convince us, that's not how it works. Saying that is like saying those who try to do what is it right because they like it, of course, but so what? Viztor (talk) 05:08, 8 June 2019 (UTC)
- @Syopsis: [Thank you for the ping] First, I have never subscribed to the WP:STRAIGHT/WP:POLE philosophy that everyone has a POV and compromise somehow brings us closer to neutrality or something. I'm not trying to ascribe words to you that you did not author, but that's why I don't think it's fine to call someone else a partisan nor imply they are a hypocrite because of the fact.
- @Darouet: The removal of stuff from the lead wasn't me. In fact, all of my changes were reverted except for the tag which is what we are currently discussing. This is why I am... confused by Syopsis saying