Imagine an alternate universe where the US built up Mexico and 99% of everything was made there instead of China
The only thing holding back China from more aggressive takeovers like Russia is doing the the US is such a massive consumer.
But China also could destroy the US without launching a single missile, all they have to do is turn off exports for a month and we'd be killing each other over the last item in stock anywhere that is now 100 times the price because of no availability.
Just imagine everything out of stock or 100 times the price, we only have a glimmer of that these days.
The only thing holding back China from more aggressive takeovers like Russia is doing the the US is such a massive consumer.
But China also could destroy the US without launching a single missile, all they have to do is turn off exports for a month and we'd be killing each other over the last item in stock anywhere that is now 100 times the price because of no availability.
Just imagine everything out of stock or 100 times the price, we only have a glimmer of that these days.