I have extensive experience working with Asian factories. Trade practices, factory practices, tariffs, duties, cultural questions etc. etc.
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I work in foreign manufacturing and logistics and have thirty years worth of business experience in China/Japan/Vietnam et al. AMA
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What trade practices do they have an advantage over the US?
First, are you hiring?
Second, please comment on this hypothesis.
China obviously knew this was coming and has planned for it, similar to the way Russia was prepared for the 2022 sanctions.
Business is business, and I highly doubt China is going to refuse to open trade back up if the tariffs are dropped.
But this feels different—as if America walked right into a trap of its own making.
We essentially sanctioned ourselves, very much like EU sanctioned itself in 2022.
China is able to wage a robust economic war, while losing zero international credibility by being seen as ‘attacking’ the US.
Do you expect trade to ever resume in a manner similar to pre-tariffs?
Or, would you expect China to use this opportunity to diminish US economic power, and take the place as the primary global economic power?
Does this finance system allow that much leverage for, essentially, BRICs at this point?