trade war
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Pepe Escobar’s Long Awaited Guancha Interview
During Pepe’s talks about his recent time in China he mentioned this interview on several occasions, yet it never surfaced on any Chinese media platform. Finally, one of Guancha’s subsidiaries, Observer.com, published it and gave it this title: “Trump’s crazy policies can only lead to “trade suicide”, a big experiment that will affect the world… Continue reading
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China Has Quietly Won the Trade War—and Now Leads the World
Saturuday, 3 May 2025 — New Eastern Outlook Ricardo Martins China has quietly won the trade war and is now reshaping global leadership—not through force, but through strategy, stability, and vision. It’s time for the West to learn, adapt, and embrace a shared future led by a preponderant China. “There are decades where nothing happens; Continue reading
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The limits of Chinese power
Everything about US-China hinges on the result of the upcoming US presidential election. Trump 2.0 essentially would turbo-charge its bet on decoupling, aiming to squeeze “malign” China on a multiple Hybrid War front, undermine the Chinese trade surplus, co-opt large swathes of Asia, while always insisting on characterizing China as evil incarnate. Continue reading
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Why America’s economic war on China is failing
U.S. President Donald Trump—supported by most of the U.S. establishment—deepened the U.S. government’s assault on the Chinese economy. The “trade war” seemed to play well with Trump’s political base, who somehow hoped that an economic attack on China would miraculously create economic prosperity for them. In 2018, Trump slapped tariffs on more than $200 billion… Continue reading
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The US is alone in its ‘trade war’ on China
With everyday passing, it is becoming clear that the US-China trade deal will eventually unravel, paving the way for a long-term standoff, even if not a full-fledged ‘cold war’, between the two super powers. As recent remarks made by the US National Security Advisor (NSA), Robert O’Brien, showed, the US is planning ‘more steps’ to… Continue reading
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COVID-19 and Catastrophe Capitalism
COVID-19 has accentuated as never before the interlinked ecological, epidemiological, and economic vulnerabilities imposed by capitalism. As the world enters the third decade of the twenty-first century, we are seeing the emergence of catastrophe capitalism as the structural crisis of the system takes on planetary dimensions. Continue reading
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Dark Clouds of Military Tension Over the Korean Peninsula, North Korea Waited, Disappointed and Now Angry
In 2012, a young man educated in the West took over the power in Pyongyang; he has decided to transform North Korea into an ordinary country where people can live decent life. His name is Kim Jong-un. He has given everything to achieve his objectives. He met three times Moon Jae-in, president of South Korea… Continue reading
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The Corona Pandemic and Trump’s Trade War against China: America’s Dependence on “Made in China”
The US has been threatening China with trade sanctions for several years. At the outset of the Trump administration in January 2017, Washington not only envisaged punitive trade measures, it also called for “an investigation into China’s trade practices” focussing on alleged violations of U.S. intellectual property rights. Continue reading
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China’s Move In Hong Kong Illustrates The End Of U.S. Superiority
Blaming China for the Covid-19 pandemic is false. But the U.S. will continue to do so as a part of its larger anti-China strategy. Continue reading
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China Forges Ahead Through Chaos and US Threats
Amid the deepest economic contraction in nearly a century, President Xi Jinping had already made it very clear, last month, that China should be ready for unprecedented, relentless foreign challenges. Continue reading
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Global Currency War, Central Banks ‘Race to the Bottom’, Europe Capitalist ‘Weak Link’–audio
In the wake of last week’s Trump-China Trade War tariff hike, the fallout continues: No trade deal 2019 for certain. More market instability coming. Central banks worldwide rushing to lower interest rates and currencies falling–aka the currency war has arrived. Europe’s 3 imminent crises brewing. And watch out for India Economy as Modi engages in… Continue reading
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The US-China Trade War: Selected Stories
8 August 2019 — Global Research “On a Scale of 1-10, It’s an 11” – Wall Street Reacts to China’s Retaliation By Zero Hedge One day after China finally snapped, and demonstratively refused to intervene and keep the CNH above 7.00 vs the dollar, escalating the trade war into a currency war, stocks are tumbling and Wall Continue reading
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Why Trump caved to China and Huawei by Vijay Prashad
Everything about the trade war between the United States and China is bewildering. The world’s two largest economies entered a titanic struggle with harsh words and high tariffs, sending shudders through the global economy. Hundreds of billions of dollars of goods on either side stood before tariff walls that seemed unbreachable. Truces would come out… Continue reading
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US vs China: Smartphone Wars
If Washington’s goal was to pressure and isolate China by targeting smartphone giant Huawei, it seems to have accomplished the exact opposite. In the process, the US has only accomplished in exposing its own growing weakness and unreliability as a trade partner amid a much wider, misguided and mismanaged “trade war.” Continue reading
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Why China Is Confident It Can Withstand US Pressure
On 1 June 2019, Beijing introduced higher tariffs on around $60 billion worth of US products. This was in response to a decision by the US government on 10 May 2019 to increase tariffs on $200 billion worth of Chinese goods from 10 per cent to 25 per cent. Later, US President Donald Trump ordered… Continue reading
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China Holds Three Trump Cards In War Against US
China’s main foreign-policy publication, the Global Times, points to three trump cards that Beijing could use to at least level the playing field in its fight with the Trump administration and cause appreciable harm to the US economy, possibly forcing its opponent to temporarily scale back its ambitions. Continue reading
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Are Rare Earths China’s Ultimate Weapon? By F. William Engdahl
In the dramatic escalation of tariff escalations and trade war tensions between China and the USA, China President Xi Jinping made a well-timed visit to see the JL Mag Rare-Earth Company Ltd., a state-owned complex in Ganzhou. Though he did not openly threaten, he sent a clear psychological message to Washington that China has more… Continue reading
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China Declares A “People’s War” On The US Economy
Judging by the reaction of official Chinese media outlets, Beijing is expecting neither a speedy nor a peaceful resolution to its economic conflict with Washington. Even America has noticed a change in tone to Beijing’s official media position: “China vows ‘people’s war’ as trade fight takes nationalist turn”, writes the US business news agency Bloomberg.… Continue reading
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5G and the Chaotic U.S Led System: The U.S. Has Been Eclipsed in Every Sphere but War By Glen Ford
US rulers promised that technology would bring the return of the millions of jobs that were outsourced to low-wage countries, but America has lost the hi-tech race and excels only in weapons of war. Continue reading
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Backlash in US-China Trade War. China Defies Sanctions against Iran, Resumes Purchase of Iran Oil
The trade war and the Iran sanctions regime are intimately related. Trump’s tariff decision was announced two weeks after the US administration’s resolve to “push Iran’s oil and gas revenues to Zero”. Continue reading
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