China Afternoon Missive

The Law of Unintended Consequences will play out at least with #China and the moves by Trump to levy tariffs.

While America, regardless of which party is in power, projects duality of there being either friend or foe, China’s approach has always been to find transactional opportunities with all.

At this juncture the threat is of “America First” quickly turning into “America Alone”. Unlike 2017, the Chinese have gamed out this exact scenario. If you watch carefully, any apparent defensive action taken by China will - in all reality - be an offensive play which will further alienate American policy across the globe.