That would have been true if all countries were the same. But it is not. Ever since Capitalism hit America, it become increasingly unprofitable to produce anything inside US. This is why US is the biggest importer of anything from anywhere specially from China. For example statistica says 16% of Chinese exports are to US. On the other hand, the same thing hasn't happened in other countries. Or at least not with the same severity. So others still have production of their own so they don't have to import this much goods from China with such a MASSIVE deficit like US ($367.4 billion in 2022[2]). [1] [2] Yeah, recession is a different matter. But China definitely want weaker US (economically, militarily or politically). The more US economy falls apart, the more they can export. For example with dedollarisation, the dollar becomes weaker and inflation goes up inside US, that makes production even less profitable and importing cheap Chinese goods more profitable. Checking the long term US trade deficit shows this very well. For example 20 years ago that deficit was barely $60 billion but as soon as W. Bush took office in 2001 and started his adventures, US economy was screwed and that deficit was tripled before 2005 ended. Now it's between $300 to $400 billion annually. Maybe a civil war
That would have been true if all countries were the same. But it is not. Ever since Capitalism hit America, it become increasingly unprofitable to produce anything inside US. This is why US is the biggest importer of anything from anywhere specially from China. For example statistica says 16% of Chinese exports are to US. On the other hand, the same thing hasn't happened in other countries. Or at least not with the same severity. So others still have production of their own so they don't have to import this much goods from China with such a MASSIVE deficit like US ($367.4 billion in 2022[2]). [1] [2] Yeah, recession is a different matter. But China definitely want weaker US (economically, militarily or politically). The more US economy falls apart, the more they can export. For example with dedollarisation, the dollar becomes weaker and inflation goes up inside US, that makes production even less profitable and importing cheap Chinese goods more profitable. Checking the long term US trade deficit shows this very well. For example 20 years ago that deficit was barely $60 billion but as soon as W. Bush took office in 2001 and started his adventures, US economy was screwed and that deficit was tripled before 2005 ended. Now it's between $300 to $400 billion annually. Maybe a civil war

That would have been true if all countries were the same. But it is not. Ever since Capitalism hit America, it become increasingly unprofitable to produce anything inside US. This is why US is the biggest importer of anything from anywhere specially from China. For example statistica says 16% of Chinese exports are to US. On the other hand, the same thing hasn't happened in other countries. Or at least not with the same severity. So others still have production of their own so they don't have to import this much goods from China with such a MASSIVE deficit like US ($367.4 billion in 2022[2]). [1] [2] Yeah, recession is a different matter. But China definitely want weaker US (economically, militarily or politically). The more US economy falls apart, the more they can export. For example with dedollarisation, the dollar becomes weaker and inflation goes up inside US, that makes production even less profitable and importing cheap Chinese goods more profitable. Checking the long term US trade deficit shows this very well. For example 20 years ago that deficit was barely $60 billion but as soon as W. Bush took office in 2001 and started his adventures, US economy was screwed and that deficit was tripled before 2005 ended. Now it's between $300 to $400 billion annually. Maybe a civil war

That would have been true if all countries were the same. But it is not. Ever since Capitalism hit America, it become increasingly unprofitable to produce anything inside US. This is why US is the biggest importer of anything from anywhere specially from China. For example statistica says 16% of Chinese exports are to US. On the other hand, the same thing hasn't happened in other countries. Or at least not with the same severity. So others still have production of their own so they don't have to import this much goods from China with such a MASSIVE deficit like US ($367.4 billion in 2022[2]). [1] [2] Yeah, recession is a different matter. But China definitely want weaker US (economically, militarily or politically). The more US economy falls apart, the more they can export. For example with dedollarisation, the dollar becomes weaker and inflation goes up inside US, that makes production even less profitable and importing cheap Chinese goods more profitable. Checking the long term US trade deficit shows this very well. For example 20 years ago that deficit was barely $60 billion but as soon as W. Bush took office in 2001 and started his adventures, US economy was screwed and that deficit was tripled before 2005 ended. Now it's between $300 to $400 billion annually. Maybe a civil war