The US imports more goods from Mexico than China, but we do import a lot of stuff from China. It is clear from both sides that is problematic. They've been exporting less AND we have been moving supply chains to import less from them.

It is quite problematic as it appears the US and China are slow crawling to a direct confrontation.

Yes and I'm dead set against it. When that blows up in our face we deserve it for allowing it to happen. The best we can hope for is China ruins their own economy rendering them impotent.

Don't hope too much for that. Authoritarian regimes with collapsing economies often find war a useful distraction for their populations. China could do an awful lot of damage on the way down.

So your saying it's going to be self fullfilling prophecy when trying to depend less on china?

Almost all of Europe’s fossil fuels came from Russia whereas China is not even the largest trade partner of the US. Also energy dependence is much harder to get off of than production dependence.

I suppose if we can’t survive without cheap plastic bullshit.