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bucolic_frolic

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1. So far it seems to me markets are laughing off the blockade scheme

Reply to Yo_Mama_Been_Loggin (Original post)

Tue Apr 14, 2026, 03:41 PM

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Tech, AI, chips are rallying big time. Oil prices have fallen. No one seems to be panicking over reduced supply of anything.

Maybe the idea of both sides with their own blockade is so ludicrous that nothing will come of it? Negotiations result in a status quo?

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