We have economic tools we can use, and propaganda resources. We can use boycotts, tariffs, our veto in the UN, threats, bluster, bribes, bluff, or military saber rattling, whatever it takes. It's called negotiation, TB.
The Chinese and Indians will deal, they can't afford that kind of economic war with us, even if they win it. Besides, they'll know that in the long run it will also be in their benefit to come up with some compromise. They can't afford NOT to meet us half-way, unless their businessmen have bought their governments too.
They'll negotiate a tough deal, and we probably won't get everything we want, or even deserve. But something will happen.
And something is better than nothing. It will buy us time.
Or we can just do nothing, sigh, make excuses about how its out of our hands now, and lobby for more tax cuts and less regulations.
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We use diplomatic and political pressure.
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