Then why did you argue that a Naval blockade could do exactly that?
I'll grant you the benefit of the doubt and suggest that you may not have read my initial post before dashing off your reply. I extend this act of kindness, because the alternative would be a defict in your basic reading comprehension skills.
In a nutshell, the amount of chinese imports to the US accounts for 1% of the US economy in terms of GDP. The US is not dependent on China.
Well, I tell you what. You stop that "1%" from hitting the shelves for a while and then see how "the masses" take it.
It's not merely a numbers game. It's what that "1%" consists of that matters.
You could probably get along just fine with 21% less air -- unless that "21%" is the "21%" that comprises the O2 content in the air.
In a nutshell, the amount of chinese imports to the US accounts for 1% of the US economy in terms of GDP. The US is not dependent on China.
Try not to be such a snotty little upstart and maybe you'll be able to learn something. Like, for example, the definition of "a stern chase".
To help you in that goal, I'll give you the answer: A stern chase is a long chase.
If you want to know the meaning of that axiom, well, you're on your own. Fish, cut bait, or learn to dance with your hands in your pants. I don't care.
Commodity/ $ billions (Source: US Department of Commerce)
Power generation equip/ $31
ele. machinery & equip/ $30
Toys and games/ $17.4
Furnature/ $13.6
Footware/ $11.1
Apparel/ $9.1
Leather & travel goods/ $5.4
Plastics/ $4.8
Iron & steel/ $3.8
medical instruments/ $3.4
Sorry for my lack of HTML skill. I can't make a table. These are the major commodities from China that the US imports. Which one is so vital to the US we couldn't find elsewhere (Mexico for example) or produce ourselves for a little more cost? Personally I don't see a blaring security issue on this list.
In the long-run, trading will hurt communist china and may even end it. Trade with France? they get Wal-Mart. Trade with Saudi Arabia? They get McDonalds. Because when the US trades with another country our culture goes with it whether we like it or not. Examples of this are european hatred toward the US; our culture helped when over the eastern block (blue jeans and MTV, Reagan's ideas). The only reason Cuba and NK are still communist is that they have remained isolated. Now our culture is invading china via the internet. The internet is waging our war against communism for us.
Karl Marx summed up communism in a simple sentence: The abolition of private property. A couple of years back China introduced private property.