Trump's tariffs punishing China is not going to work well for the reason that China has alternative markets to turn to like the Global South. Chinese products can still compete hands down against others outside of the USA and EU. And China has already captured that market for itself.
The tariffs may do more harm to allies like Canada and the EU countries, that have little leeway to compete outside of the USA for their exports and have to depend on the USA market. Canada, a close neighbor of the USA should have seen what is coming long ago. But it chooses to grovel at the feet of Trump and later Biden, following the USA in demonizing, sanctioning and threatening China.
The fact that Trump's policies favor neither friend nor foe is significant. Allies were usually treated more favorably in USA administrations in the past, which is why trade agreements were formulated. Trump is basically throwing everything into the dust bin, just like sidelining climate change and calling it a 'hoax'.
China had already been prepared for what Trump is going to do to China, exploring and securing markets for its manufactures beyond the USA and EU. Thinking ahead has its privileges and the early bird catches the worm. Besides securing markets, China had also secured raw materials that are required for its industries and now China fears no trade wars and can retaliate when needed.
As someone commented, China is not fooling around this time and is serious about de-coupling from the USA, whether the USA is feigning it or not. The start of 2025 already saw China unveiling its 6th generation fighter jet, its AI challenge against the USA, its readiness to retaliate head-on against USA challenges whatever it takes. What China is doing is just sending a message to the USA that enough is enough.
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China no need to apply nonsense Sanctions on the UAss and the Western Nuts imports into china.
This will effect their own peoples.
Maybe just now to have them spend wasteful monies on those Frenchies and Italians so called luxury products they just applied taxations of so called Tariffs on them.
China could simply sell less to these Nuts and have them diverted to other countries in Asia, Latin Americas and the African Continent.
Afterall they are practically self sufficient less the Foodstuffs that that could produced their own.
All the while they been diverting their survival imports from so many countries and weaned away from the UAss and their cronies.
Whereas these Nuts still needed to import from China most of their needs.
So China is marking time for the time when their own Americunts and the Euro Nuts felt their pains to start their own what's beautiful sights of the lootings, riortings and civil disturbances.
M.O.T. Enjoy!
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Tariffs will further shrink the USA market for Chinese products, and Chinese manufacturers will migrate supplies to BRICS and Global South countries. In the long run, tariffs do lower the USA trade deficits with regard to China, but at what cost to USA citizens? That question is still unknown and has yet to unravel. It is early days yet for the shit to hit the fan.
Now USA citizens have discovered Rednote to compare cost of living between the USA and China, before tariifs were raised by Trump. The USA can ban Rednote, but the genie is already out of the bottle. What will be the reaction of USA citizens when tariffs are finally added to their purchases of Chinese goods. It would not be something that they are going to smile about.
There are two scenarios that will be equally devastating for USA citizens. If tariffs are going to be passed to them on products imported from China, USA citizens will suffer, not Chinese manufacturers. If Chinese products are deemed too expensive after tariffs are added, there is the choice of EU products and domestic production touted to be coming on-line, with no guarantee as to when. But those will be equally expensive and how long it is going to take for the USA to be able to produce consumer goods for local consumption is another question. USA citizen's thus have another 'Hobson's Choice', with either choice being equally unpalatable.
I love the concept of freedom without choice. What is freedom about really?
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