[AlJazeera] "China's retaliatory tariffs to hit US lobsters, soybeans: China says it 'doesn't want a trade war', but must 'fight back' after US slaps tariffs on $50bn in Chinese imports."Nobody knows where a full trade war can go. One possible outcome would be the destruction of PRC. China is unstable and could crumble into a bloody mess. Nobody kills Chinese like other Chinese. Nobody kills anyone like Chinese kill themselves. Even Nazis and Russians were no match.
China has little food security. In an economic, political, or war catastrophe, China cannot feed itself. They've been reduced to cannibalism in living memory.
Meanwhile, the USA is blessed with abundant resources and fantastic farmers and distribution. Our food security is ranked only behind Ireland. (Depending on the list.)
China habitually throws its weight around and also threatens others on the high seas where China is fantastically vulnerable. PRC does not have a single trusted ally. Despite the anti-US rhetoric, no country has more strong alliances than the USA.
The United States is far more resilient internally and externally than is China.
Something to think about as this unfolds.