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lol that's such an infantile strategy, and it will work since the EU are their lackeys larping as if they're not
Im not even sure it will work. Tf are the euros supposed to do? They don't have any industry. America certainly doesn't either. Not in what matters. Where are they supposed to get stuff from? China is the majority of the entire worlds industrial capacity it's not like they can just replace it easy peasy with some other trade partner. Are the euros just going to agree to give up all their toys, and even essentials to make the americans happy? What exactly is the sell there? "You get to keep selling us like the 5 things you sell to us if you give up pretty much every modern amenity an industrial society provides."
This to me smells like when they "stopped buying russian gas." but didn't actually stop buying russian gas and just pretended to.
I hope to goodness that Europe shows a tiny bit of spine, but I wouldn't hold my breath
Please give up on this, your hope for europe to do the reasonable thing is completely unreasonable. They will try and be slimy about it and pretend like they have stopped Chinese trade somehow...
That's 99 percent what I'm expecting.
I suppose luck is a factor I shouldn't ignore while conducting DM. Thanks comrade