Thread 518562570

China is winning the trade war. They have strong cards, but the truth is the Trump team inadvertently helped them. Per the WSJ, the reason China massively escalated in the last 36 hours is because it believes Trump will fold - just as he did on magnets - without reaching for any US leverage in response. That is why - in a remarkable break from past run-ups to big summits - they've gone all-in on the trade war just three weeks before the meeting:

> Sweeping declaration of control over the entire global tech supply chains that goes far beyond "small yard, high fence"
> New port fees on US ships
> New Qualcomm probe

Per Lenin, “If you encounter mush, advance; if you encounter steel, retreat." They believe they have repeatedly encountered mush. The American approach has been unserious. We launched a trade war without preparation, without allies, and without reducing our own vulnerabilities. So we are losing.
The Trump team still has cards it could play to reset the baseline. And Beijing is wrong to back Trump into a corner. Lots of uncertainty ahead.

>>518562570 (OP)
>New Qualcomm probe
oy vey!

>>518562570 (OP)
The point is America is dangerous country, why China should give to America the components to produce the weapons that America the gives to Japan, the Philippines and Taiwan to threaten China?

>>518562570 (OP)
USA is going to control both American hemispheres
We are going to take Greenland (Northern passage cut off)
We already control Canada (they are our economic bitch)
We already control Mexico (we fly our military planes into their airspace with impunity)
We are taking back Panama (Pacific passage cut off)
We control Puerto Rico (Pacific passage cut off)
We are going to take Venezula and have a military base there permanently (Pacific passage cut off)
We are going to own part of the Ben Gurion canal and BTFO of the Suez (Middle East passage cut off)
>inb4 he silk road
We control Ukraine and any goods that try to come to Europe via them. (Land passage cut off)
China will have to sail all the way around to Europe if they want to do business with them
>Ooops too bad there are pirates everywhere (US Navy pulling back)
America is ramping up rare earth production nationally and in friendly nations
China is fucked, they are headed towards another century of humiliation due to Xi's hubris

>>518564182
>USA is going to control both American hemispheres
Brazil is part of BRICS.
> We are going to take Venezuela and have a military base there permanently
War? Good luck.

>>518564769
>Brazil is part of BRICS.
China can have fun sailing around the tip of Chile to reach Europe....
Also Brazil will think twice before having all trade cut off with the USA, China already has a massive trade surplus with them.
Xi has overplayed his hand and China will be big losers because of it.

>>518562570 (OP)
OH LOOK MOAR CHINK SHIT GO KYS OP SLANTY EYED GOOK FAGGOT ASS KEK