US has a trade deficit with China; that means you need China more than China needs you

In terms of goods and production flows

discord doens't have autocorrect you liar

quit using gay mods

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My phone does 😦

or whatever

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Its a samsung, this phone is freely and ethically produced in SK

And india

And china...

You could in theory utterly block any Chinese exports, and it would still survive as a country and as an economy

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China is quite self-sufficient in a lot of shit

So is USA

Imagine not just sending smoke signals

china can be autarchal - now the thing about that is that it's economy would be worse off

US would be worse off too

it wouldn't die, but it wouldn't take over fucking africa or the rest of the world either

it'd have much less advantage at that

just, that's it

well tariffs don'

I don't think their trade with EU and US has a lot to do with their African ambitions

harm the US in long term

Just dont give china oil

no prolly not ,just referencing china's imperialist ambitions

China has South China sea already

tariffs won't harm US in long term

And a lot of coal

because the chinese currency lowers in value, which cheapens exports

and then the price balances out

Tariffs will harm US companies and consumers

so really it's just US putting its boot on china's neck

If china is willing to pay 40% tariffs on oil, they clearly need it.

So, just stop giving it to them

Ez

depends how negotiations go i guess

All that cheap plastic shit from China, it will no longer be that cheap