

US getting desperate. You go from making peace with Russia and Iran so you can pivot to China. Realise you can’t and pivot back to trying to peel off the weaker two first. Only this time you’re giving an ultimatum to India, you know the country you’ve been trying to get to fight China for you…?? Simultaneously showing your hand that all negotiations are plots to buy time and position for attack to both your enemies and your allies. Bold strategy Cotton, let’s see if it pays off!
I just think about the price points and see that China’s advanced manufacturing is about to be a serious global competitor and the negative implications that carries for the West. China is going to be a significant player on the global stage and the West’s diminished production can not compete with the price. Of course in the West the only real industry left is automotive, some chemical production and the defense industry. Threatening those industries with an anologe or superior product is a production based threat possibly greater in the long run than any tariff. There probably is a economic crash coming and also probably happens in Asia first, but China has the best position to take advantage of that situation IF they have the political will.