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> are you implying that trade with China is more important for the entire western world than international trade with the all the west is to China?

Yes, we are utterly co-dependent at this point in time.

Cutting trade with China would take a decade or more if it can be done at all at this stage.



"Cutting trade with China would take a decade or more if it can be done at all at this stage."

But I could finally buy decent pliers made in the USA, like I once could 25 years ago.


You can still buy those. But probably not at a price that you are prepared to pay.


Sacrificial tools are great when you want to do a nasty chore, but wow is it irritating having tools disintegrate during use.


> Cutting trade with China would take a decade or more if it can be done at all at this stage.

This belief is clearly a failure of imagination.




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