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The world is different now.

Most of the manufacturing capabilities of the US has completely shifted over to china. So there would be damage to everyone now. I'm just asking about the extent of the damage. Is survival possible?

Also I'm not saying ban all trade. Just ban all trade with the US. This would be the retaliatory tactic as that's where the pressure is coming from as china is directly challenging the US for the top spot in the economic hierarchy.

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China would be back to where it was 40 years ago. Yes, we will have to open up factories to produce cheap plastic things, but no, we won't miss China for very long. They aren't as essential as they think they are.

wishful thinking and a bit too biased towards patriotism. I'm looking for realistic answers here.

China has done this before, why not assume the previous result is the realistic answer if they try it again?

Because the circumstance is different. China also did not do this before. I'm more talking about embargo on the entire US via china. China can still trade with the rest of the world.

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