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1 month ago | globalresearch.ca | Mike Whitney |Uriel Araujo |Andrew Korybko |Caoimhghin Ó Croidheáin

Rethinking US-China Relations After the Tariffs Shipwreck. Mike WhitneyThe Trump administration used the tariffs to isolate China by providing incentives to the nations that agreed to reduce their trade with Beijing. In short, the tariffs were the main weapon in a trade war on a peer competitor who has overtaken the US in nearly every area of industrial and technological production.