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With the exception of the $600 billion trade volume—where, yes, China sells more to the U.S. than it buys—and high-tech developments that China has not yet created itself but which are possessed by the U.S. (or Taiwan, which utilizes U.S. technology)…

Trade with the US was already less than 3% in 2024, it's even less now:

Chinese exports of goods and services to the U.S. was 2.9% of Chinese GDP in 2024

I'm expecting Sloviansk/Kramatorsk will get taken this summer, and why there's such a major panic now.

And nobody cared before because people were getting grabbed from eastern Ukraine, now the kidnappings are starting to happen in western Ukraine more and more. I think it's also an indication of how desperate the situation is. See how Europeans are now trying to send people back too. There are real manpower problems nobody wants to talk about.

By the way, another good summary https://youtu.be/9EpDoB-xgOE