I appreciate your posting on this thread, but please, let’s focus on Syria (the topic of the thread), not trade.
The title of the thread is:
“Chinese Op-Ed: US has a record of launching wars on deceptive grounds”
We were talking about a Chinese Op-Ed. Trade is a perfectly good subject to respond to.
They are our biggest trade issue. Bar none.
The topic depends on how much credibility you want to give a source from a trading competitor. Notice the article blames the US for Russia's economic problems.