For several decades, the American people have been using Chinese goods and products, from clothing, household items, consumer electronics etc etc that are easily available from Walmart and other distributing and shopping centres. The fact that they are not complaining and accepting the Chinese goods and products with no complaints and quiet acceptance are testaments to the quality and usefulness of Chinese products. The Americans usage of Chinese products could be more complete if Chinese EVs are not prevented to enter the American markets, also Huawei's 5G and mobile phones.
Russia is another matter. They have been used to using European and American products and in a way taking these products as better than Chinese products. Thanks to the clowns in Washington, they literally banned all American and European products entering Russia, including automobiles by their own sanctions. Russia is forced to buy Chinese products not by choice, and their preference for American and European products was also severed not by choice but imposed by the clowns.
Fortunately, everything that the Russians need, from personal to household items, are readily available from China. China has a complete supply chain and factories making everything that is needed by any country. Russians thus simply switch to buy everything Chinese. And this change came in a very critical time to the development of Chinese EVs that have just taken off and in fierce competition with Tesla and European makes. The Chinese have no western competitors and were offered the opportunity to unload every EV brand they have into Russia.
Chinese EVs have an unrestricted access into the Russian market and benefited fully from first mover advantage. Two years have passed and Chinese EVs are flooding the roads in Russia. No more American or European models. By the time the clowns in Washington realised their foolishness, the Russians would have a good experience and acceptance of Chinese EVs and no longer longing for American or European brands. For the Americans and Europeans to make a come back would be quite impossible.
And during these hard times, depriving the American and European brands from the Russian market, losing out in the China market is like the final nail in the coffin. They are all closing down and would never be able to make a comeback. The same fate applies to American colonies like Japan and South Korea. Their automobiles and EVs are also banned from the Russian markets. Big names like Nissan, Honda, Mitsubishi are going broke, while the American legacy car icons and German's VW are also in the same fate, retrenching workers to survive.
The Russians would be the best salesmen and promoters of Chinese products and EVs. They could tell the world of their great experiences using Chinese products, mobile phones and EVs, cheap and of very good quality.
Not only the Russians are the sole customers of Chinese goods and products. Many countries in Central Asia, Middle East, Latin America, Africa, SE Asia and Australia and New Zealand are also consuming and using Chinese products and goods happily. China is now in a position to provide the whole world with all the necessary goods they need, and easier on their pockets, than the Americans and the West. Trump can go ahead with his 100% or 200% tariffs. They rest of the world can find substitutes that are cheaper and better from China.
China must say a big thank you to the clowns in Washington for helping to promote the use of Chinese products and goods and services to the whole world.
Washington is helping to promote the popularity of Tik Tok by trying to ban it. Countries do not ban things that do not work or unpopular.
ReplyDeleteTik Tok must never ever be sold to any USA company. This case is a ploy to make that happen. Tik Tok is competing too well against Youtube and other USA apps. According to some, Tik Tok is providing the platform for news on Gaza and the truth hurts some people and country. The USA Government is intent on making its citizens as ignorant as possible about world affairs, the situation in Gaza, the truth about China and the lies about Xinjiang.
The USA knows that its US$300 million annual contribution to its generation of propaganda is not bearing fruit and losing out on returns compared to platforms such as Tik Tok and vloggers on social media. Where is their gloating about Freedom of Speech and expression? All empty talk without the walk.
There is another bigger win for both countries with Russian energy paying for Chinese consumer products, all done outside the US$. This is de-dollarization working to perfection.
ReplyDeleteWithout the Ukraine War and sanctions, Russian trade with China would not have increased by leaps and bounds. The saying about shooting own feet is not appropriate for the USA and EU. It is shooting their own heads.
DeleteThe clowns in Washington only see as far as their nose and think they could defeat Russia easily and the go after China. This is the consequence of electing clowns to run a country and wanting to rule the world.
ReplyDeleteNow there is another bunch of clowns elected that are no better than the present bunch and think they can still behave like gangsters and win the world when the other side carries a bigger stick than them.