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Victor Davis Hanson Explains China Tariffs

"America has reached a point of no return with China. It either has to renegotiate its enormous trade imbalances and confront regional Chinese aggressions or simply acquiesce to China's agenda of predetermined global superiority." 1/2
"Yet there are few levers other than temporary trade tariffs to force China to trade equitably and to follow global commercial norms." 2/2
So here are the 3 options we have regarding China:
a) Trade war which will cause us some pain, but much more pain to China
b) A shooting war which will be calamitous to both sides
c) Roll over and accept unfair trading practices from China
'Experts' and NY Times recommend (c).
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