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Ben Shapiro: What Do We Do About China?

The United States is debating a package of economic and strategic measures to constrain China, including tariffs, export restrictions, and closer trade and security ties with Japan, South Korea, Taiwan, and India.
U.S. officials cite China's alleged IP theft and trade cheating as core drivers of concern, pointing also to heavy debt, empty cities, demographic limits, and ties with Russia, Iran, and pressure on China's neighbors.
One tactic is restricting advanced microchip exports and key component shipments to China, using tariffs to pressure Europeans and incentivize India, while cutting off China’s allies with carrots for friends and sticks for China.
A U.S. retreat would likely let China and Russia expand their spheres of influence across Africa, South America, and Eastern Europe while risking economic shrinkage at home.
The central question is whether United States political will can sustain confrontation with China, as partisan divides strain both Left and Right over costs and threat recognition, while history warns mercantilist policies yield early growth but later stagnate and expand borders, as seen in 1930s Germany.

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