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Beijing Denounces Trump’s Use of “Coercive Tariffs” to Pressure Global South to Isolate China (peoplesdispatch.org)

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[–] [email protected] 4 points 2 days ago (1 children)

But why? It's only serving to isolate the US. I'd be leaning right into it with the trolling -

"No, no, this is great, continue, please... this is working out REALLY well for you."

[–] [email protected] 5 points 2 days ago

That's exactly what China is doing though. This is classic reverse psychology. USA hasn't even got a single trade deal, this is just China reminding everyone how stupid USA threats are.