J Beth Gorton would win.
Not buying imported goods does not cause a depression here. It causes a depression in China.
Buying imported goods does not create prosperity and wealth here. It’s a net drain of wealth.
Tell the Chicoms to pull the trigger and we’ll find out.
It is not going to happen. So there are no “What ifs”.
80% of Chinese petroleum products (gas, oil, petrochemicals) are delivered via ocean going tankers from the Middle East.
All the US/Allies have to do is stop such traffic way beyond the reach of the PLA Navy.
The pipelines from Russia, btw, are all in the planning stage. There is one from Sakhalin Island almost completed, which Japan can cut. The rest have to lay hundreds of miles of pipeline thru inhospitable deserts, vast mountain ranges, and Siberian permafrost. There’s a reason the Silk Road from China was so challenging a journey.
America’s subs will be the deciding factor.
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Two things
Oil and Steel
We have it
They don’t
See Japan....
Video: The United States (USA) vs The World - Who Would Win?
Since the USSR’s fall in 1991, the US has held unmatched economic and military dominance globally.
Even with China’s rise, the US remains the most powerful, with three times the wealth and five times the military strength. Its advantages extend to geography and demographics. Thus, the US’s status as a global hegemon seems secure.
But what if the US faced the world in conflict? Could it still win?
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