Re: USA Africa Dialogue Series - China, the Beneficiary

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The Trump administration delivers

the best geopolitical and economic 

advantage to China in recent years.

President Xi must be smiling even 

though lightlyaffected by the tariffs.

Here are six gifts to China by 

the man of the deal:

1. 1. BYD is China's most successful 
   EV. Reciprocaltariffs on Tesla, BYD's 
   greatest rival, give BYD

1. total advantage over Tesla in 
   China's domestic market. 

1. 
   

1. 2. International students in search
    of an alternative country for

1. university education may most
   likely include China

1. on their list of options -  along 
   with the UK, Australia,

1. Canada etc.-  while Chinese 
   students would  stay home or go

1. elsewhere.

      

          3. Sino-Japanese relations recently 

            moved to a new level 

            when not only South Korea, but 

           also Japan agreed to have

            solidarity talks and  a rare regional

            conversation, on response

            to the tariffs. In fact they pledged 

           free trade among themselves.

          4. Taiwan and China may drift closer 

            together since the Trump 

            administration seems to care 

           very little about Taiwan's

          miracle chips, or the kind of friendly 

           Taiwan-American

          alliance that Biden and the neocons 

             tried to cultivate for

          their warmongering agenda.

       

          5. Recent belligerent threats to 

          Canada, Panama, Greenland

          and Gaza work in favor of China, 

           indirectly. Less people   

          would lift an eyebrow should 

          China "invade" Taiwan, 

          considered to be a part of China,

           or at least associated with 

          the ambiguous One- China policy,  

          during the Kissinger era.

          6. European, Canadian and other 

          tourists to the U.S could find

          themselves picked up by the DHS 

          according to some recent 

          complaints. The beneficiaries for 

          the tourist dollars may well include 

          China. Conversely Chinese tourists 

          are less likely to  visit the U.S.

          at this point in time.

  

           

   "Tariff poker" facilitates monetary"shock and  

    awe"but not only does it undermine friendly 

    alliances and trust, but it generates ripple effects 

    beyond the stated objectives and expectations 

    of the gamblers. 

On Fri, May 2, 2025 at 11:08 Oluwatoyin Adepoju <ovdepoju@gmail.com> wrote:

All this was largely predictable.

I can't understand why a person will so commit himself to dismantling his own country's geopolitical advantages.

And why such a person will have supporters.

Toyin

On Fri, May 2, 2025, 3:51 PM 'Emeagwali, Gloria (History)' via USA Africa Dialogue Series <usaafricadialogue@googlegroups.com> wrote:

The Trump administration delivers the best geopolitical 

and economic advantage to China in recent years.

President Xi must be smiling even though lightly

affected by the tariffs.

Here are six gifts to China by the man of the deal:

1. 1. BYD is China's most successful EV. Reciprocal

1. tariffs on Tesla, BYD's greatest rival, give BYD

1. total advantage over Tesla in China's domestic market. 

1. 
   

1. 2. International students in search of an alternative country for

1. university education may most likely include China

1. on their list of options -  along with the UK, Australia,

1. Canada etc.-  while Chinese students would  stay home or go

1. elsewhere.

      

          3. Sino-Japanese relations recently moved to a new level 

          when not only South Korea, but also Japan agreed to have

          solidarity talks and  a rare regional conversation, on response

         to the tariffs. In fact they pledged free trade among themselves.

          4. Taiwan and China may drift closer together since the

          Trump administration seems to care very little about Taiwan's

          miracle chips, or the kind of friendly Taiwan-American

          alliance that Biden and the neocons tried to cultivate for

          their warmongering agenda.

       

          5. Recent belligerent threats to Canada, Panama, Greenland

          and Gaza work in favor of China, indirectly. Less people   

          would lift an eyebrow should China "invade" Taiwan, 

          considered to be a part of China, or at least associated with 

          the ambiguous One- China policy,  during the Kissinger era.

          6. European, Canadian and other tourists to the U.S could find

          themselves picked up by the DHS according to some recent 

          complaints. The beneficiaries for the tourist dollars may

          well include China. Conversely Chinese tourists are less 

          likely to  visit the U.S. at this point in time.

  

           

   "Tariff poker" facilitates monetary "shock and  awe"but not 

     only does it undermine friendly alliances and trust, but 

     it generates ripple effects  beyond the stated objectives 

     and expectations of the gamblers. 

    

     

Dr. Gloria Emeagwali
Professor of History/African Studies, CCSU
Chief Editor- "Africa Update"
https://sites.ccsu.edu/afstudy/archive.html
Gloria Emeagwali's Documentaries
www.vimeo.com/gloriaemeagwali
www.africahistory.net
Founding Coordinator, African Studies, CCSU

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