I wish I could be confident enough to say that surely someone on either side knows there is no way to win a trade war with a critical trading partner, and move to stop shooting themselves in the foot repeatedly.
I know little of the current leadership in China beyond the rather alarming admiration Trump had for the dude over there declaring himself president for life... and we've yet to hit bottom on stupid shit cheetobitch will engage in.
Whatever their various problems may be, by and large the upper parts of the chinese administration isn't stupid. Unfortunately, shit like this you can't afford to
not retaliate, unless you happen to like being what amounts to a client state to another nation. China'd probably love to knock this shit off, lots of people in the US would love to knock this shit off, but unfortunately conservative malfeasance got us a fuckwit as a president so
welp.
You ever been there? I mean, I've been to Brownsville, I've seen what some would say is Mexico, but as I've never experienced it directly I suppose I have to doubt it...
I've been to mexico, yes. Somewhere, I'm pretty sure I still have a wallet that was bought there.