If Trump can get Trudeau of Canada to issue a joint declaration of the dangerousness of visiting and/or doing business in Red China and Hong Kong(I’ve been to HK and Taiwan/Quemoy), they will be forcing their citizens to make a life-threatening choice.
Red China needs US and Canadian dollars. Even a loss of millions in the near future will hurt their economic hold on both HG and RC. A little, but it would send a good message.
We don’t need Red China as our business orientations will be moving to the Middle East and with our Asian allies.
The balance of soybean payments will make a difference. Does China need our soybeans worse than our farmers need Chinese soybean payments?