Of course we can always buy from other countries such as Mexico and pay 25% more. Oh, I forgot, Mexico is also going to be on the no buy list.Not gonna happen anytime soon. The US and China have become economically co-dependent. China provides cheap goods that enabled income-constrained American consumers to make ends meet, and the US provided the external demand that underpins China's export driven economic strategy.Trump is trying to show his supporters how tough he is but what he doesn't seem to realize is he's creating his foreign policy with his stupid tweets and remarks to the media which is going to hurt him when he tries to negotiate with countries he's insulting. If he continues as he has, he will never get China to agree to trade negotiations.Why in the hell would Trump want to start shit with China will us having 3 gotdamned Muslim wars going on at present? The guy is a fuckin crazy man. Its not the fuckin Chinese taking jobs, its FUCKIN WALL STREET GIVING THEM THE FUCKIN JOBS...THAT'S WHERE THE BATTLE STARTS AND END YOU FUCKIN DUMB ASS!!
As the US has come closer to China economically, Chinese relations with North Korea has cooled as have the massive arm shipments to Iran and Syria, as well as military activity in the South China Sea. Cooling relations with the US could easily result in China turning up the heat in these areas.
THe US needs to move away from China economically.
They are predatory traders who are fucking US, and using the money to increase their military capability.
The fact is the US needs China whether we like it or not.
We can either find other sources of cheap goods, OR discover that we can pay a little more.
China cannot find another America dumb enough to give them 400 billion dollars a year.
We are not co-dependent. They are dependent.
If you don't think we are dependent on China, take a walk through Walmart, Target, or Best Buy or better yet take a look at the $1.24 trillion in US bills, notes, and bonds held by China. The economies of the US and China are so intertwined that you can not hurt one without hurting the other.
A temporary dip in consumer supplies or a small jump in prices of personal consumer products will not be a major crisis for the US, and if it results is a better Trade situation, would be well worth it.
And the most they could do with our debt is stop buying our Bonds, causing an increase in borrowing costs. A problem, but a minor one.
We are not dependent on China. Not at all.