I don’t know if even that will work with the CCP! They don’t seem to give a good hot damn about what happens to the Chinese non-party normies, whether they live or die as long as they are controlled. The damage to their economy seems to be accruing to the normies, while the party members and state sponsored entities seem to be doing hunky-dory. It will be hard to break through that barrier for anybody but the Chinese normies, themselves.

Rothbardian_fanatic

econ

The Strange Moral Relativism of "Free Trade"

Undisciplined

Yeah, the normal Chinese people I've known are great and in many ways are very similar to Americans (some good and some bad). They're also much more agoristic; as in, they casually ignore government edicts and go about their lives as best they can.

The idea of using "reciprocal" tariffs as a tool to lower the oppressive state interventions that act as non-tariff barriers is one I can get on board with. It just has to be clear the the rates will come down as free markets are restored.