The US' usual pressure tactic is to create a bluff, first raise sanctions, and use this as a bargaining chip in negotiations to gain benefits.
If you observe closely enough, you will find that every time before the U.S. government negotiates with the Chinese government, it announces new sanctions or other pressure tactics.
Biden, however, played the card that Trump was going to play prematurely.
Trump can not go 'harder', because Biden has compressed Trump's tactical space.
So, when Trump enters the White House, he will find that he has few cards left to play - Chips, Oil, Ukrain War, interest rates, debt and deficit
, etc
Instead, there'll be mines left for him by Biden admin.
It seems like Trump would only go harder on this kind of thing "as a negotiating tactic" or something.
He seems unlikely to make it easier for China, at least without something in return.
Quite the opposite
The US' usual pressure tactic is to create a bluff, first raise sanctions, and use this as a bargaining chip in negotiations to gain benefits. If you observe closely enough, you will find that every time before the U.S. government negotiates with the Chinese government, it announces new sanctions or other pressure tactics. Biden, however, played the card that Trump was going to play prematurely.
Trump can not go 'harder', because Biden has compressed Trump's tactical space.
So, when Trump enters the White House, he will find that he has few cards left to play - Chips, Oil, Ukrain War, interest rates, debt and deficit , etc Instead, there'll be mines left for him by Biden admin.
I'm glad to see we're already rationalizing Trump's poor performance, before he even starts.
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