China has imposed a massive eighty per cent tariff on Australian barley imports from today, saying the product has been imported against trade rules

"I think this is a more correct analysis than what was presented in this thread where the summary seems to be that corporate America stokes these "Cold War" flames. China is being assholes introducing the concept of a new cold war. Corporate America built China to what it is today. Pro-China policies boost the stock market, Anti-China policies tank the markets. Corporate America loves China."

Would be a less hostile way of writing that statement by making sure to mention that it's your summary instead of what looks like (not saying you are) a sarcastic false summary of someone else's statements in another thread.

Not saying I disagree with you, I sorta kinda do (not completely) but still... "good faith" and all.

As for the "Corporate America loves China". Personally I think corporations and companies loves whatever makes them money without being too explicitly dangerous. If that is a corporativist or protectionist set of policies, or a globalized free market - or a mix of the two. I don't think it has a conscious role as a whole in anything.

I find it a little interesting that China recovered from the pandemic the fastest and still has the economic strength to flex and press down on their trade partners until they bend to China's will. It's almost like what the US did to China right before the outbreak where China was about to see deep economic wounds to the US embargos. But FUCK, 80%! This is clear and evident economic warfare.