Thursday, November 08, 2018
Constants and variables 111, now that we know what you are edition
This one little item, mentioned yesterday, is far more consequential than the agreement itself.
South Korea and Iran have agreed to switch to national currencies in trade exchanges as the sides aim to strengthen relations despite the US sanctions on Tehran.
Now we know that such agreements are POSSIBLE AND EASY.
Many other countries are CLAIMING that they can't figure out how to switch trade away from dollars.
THEY ARE LYING. We suspected it before, and now we KNOW.
It's not the system that prevents you from breaking loose. It's your own fucking cowardice or stupidity. You don't WANT to cut loose, so the "technicalities" are a convenient pretext.
UK's endless dithering on Brexit is the same thing. As I pointed out, trade doesn't require trade agreements. All sorts of trading occurs every day between countries that don't have any treaties. You don't need SWIFT and you don't need WTO or EU to make it happen. You just need a business that wants to sell stuff and customers who want to buy stuff. When both sides are willing, you can write specific contracts for larger-scale transactions. Those contracts may evolve into a treaty, but you don't need treaties to START the process.
Koreans and Persians have GUTS. Both cultures are GIT-R-DONE types, accustomed to sliding around bureaucratic obstacles.
We need more slithering and less dithering.
Labels: Constants and Variables
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