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The Bush times were good for China. Bush was flexing against the Middle East. They always flex a little against Russia. They opened their markets to China. China needed this market post GFC. https://thediplomat.com/2016/12/bush-gave-china-permanent-normal-trade-relations-status-with-the-us-15-years-ago-what-did-that-change/
Obama era remained good for China. Again, like usual, US flexed against China a little and dared to extend some friendships to other asian countries, but China could mellow President Obama and Secretary Clinton without much trouble. https://www.weforum.org/agenda/2016/12/america-china-relationship/
China could humiliate Obama with no trouble.
China was playing it in a way that Obama and Hillary Clinton were chasing their own tails even in mere semantics. This is the sign of the sort of psychological control China could exercise over the US leadership.
And this saw the trade deficit favour China over the years.
And this saw the trade deficit favour China over the years.
Then comes Trump. The dude has no interest in semantics. He sees money. He sees the trade deficit favouring China and bleeding the US. He passes the trade sanctions, makes China lose and worry. https://www.theguardian.com/business/2019/jul/23/donald-trump-trade-war-china-us-imf
Now if it comes to sanctioning China merely on the economic deficit reasons, Trump would face a fair bit of criticism (not that he cares) because there are enough leftists within USA carrying water for China.
Trump has more...
Trump has more...
The US admin finds the Huawei 5g ZTE issues. This is not just about trade deficit with China. China is shown to be posing a real threat to the national security, causing industrial espionage and potentially harming US industries. https://foreignpolicy.com/2019/05/22/the-5g-fight-is-bigger-than-huawei/
Industrial espionage and national security issues- these are something Trump can find legitimacy in moving against China that his domestic opponents would find hard to oppose. American giants like Amazon and Apple could've been victims. https://www.theguardian.com/technology/2018/oct/04/china-planted-chips-on-apple-and-amazon-servers-report-claims
Then, comes the 'Trump- card'.
Trump administration sides with the Uyghur people's human rights in Xinjiang province of China. This, even Trump's Leftist opponents can't find a good position to oppose in support of China. https://www.cnbc.com/2019/10/10/sanctions-over-china-human-rights-may-strengthen-us-position-in-trade-talks.html
Trump administration sides with the Uyghur people's human rights in Xinjiang province of China. This, even Trump's Leftist opponents can't find a good position to oppose in support of China. https://www.cnbc.com/2019/10/10/sanctions-over-china-human-rights-may-strengthen-us-position-in-trade-talks.html
Now this, Trump validating sanctions against china on Economic, Security and now Human Rights front, angers China to no end. https://www.cnbc.com/2019/10/08/china-strongly-urges-us-to-remove-sanctions-and-stop-accusing-it-of-human-rights-violations.html
Then, as if this was not enough, Trump goes and supports the Hong Kong uprise against China. https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2019/nov/27/trump-hong-kong-bills-signed-china-protest
Now everyone is speculating how China will strike back.
Some think they will post reverse sanctions. They see troubles in future of US, but not sure exactly how. They see what is in their field of vision only.
Some think they will post reverse sanctions. They see troubles in future of US, but not sure exactly how. They see what is in their field of vision only.
