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No need to. Read this article yesterday and it is probably mostly accurate. There is no doubt that since Trumps first term USA has acknowledged the threat China presents and USA has imposed measures to try to respond to the threat that China is. The tariffs and other measures USA is implementing undoubtedly do cost China significantly- as they are intended to do. This is after all a trade war and not just a trade war- USA is at war by proxy in both Ukraine and the middle east. Russia and Iran are both now only viable because China ignores US sanctions on them and enables them to continue to export their energy wealth and receive manufactured goods in exchange. The question that remains unanswered and mostly not even speculated upon on this forum is who will win? I do not pretend to know the answer but do say it is a contest of immense significance and implications and one that many are too afraid to seriously contemplate and assess. What can be said is that on many metrics China leads, and USA is in decline. While USA has legacy advantage and still controls most international protocols and institutions China dominates on global trade in supply chains and and commodities and increasingly on high tech development such as EVs, solar panels, hydro generation, robotics, nanotech, 5G, rare earths supply chains, biotech, AI? etc...