Posted:
21.11.2024 17:17:00
Expert explained Trump’s plans for China standoff
Donald Trump is focusing on the trade war with Beijing that threatens to evolve into an open military conflict in the future, said Aleksei Avdonin, an analyst at the Belarusian Institute for Strategic Research (BISR), when talking to Alfa Radio
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The expert emphasised that Trump is more of a hired manager than an independent leader, because he acts as large international corporations direct him to.
“Those corporations represent financial and industrial capital of the Anglo-Saxon world. Their main goal is to preserve their dominance over the global economy and to control key markets. To be able to do that, they need their main competitor gone,” he said.
In Mr. Avdonin’s opinion, that key competitor is China.
“China’s economic and financial power makes Anglo-Saxon capitalists feel uneasy. That’s why their corporations and political elites have designated China as the main threat to their top position. Trump, in response, is making his rhetoric more hostile and focuses on the trade war with China. Their economic standoff, however, threatens to spill into a military conflict,” explained the political scientist.
He made a further point that Washington is establishing the so-called ‘Asian NATO’ to put more pressure on China, “This military-political alliance includes countries loyal to the United States: Japan, South Korea, and the Philippines. Its key purpose is to control seaways around China, making it harder for Chinese products to reach European and American markets. Keeping in mind that the maritime transport is still the cheapest and the most expedient, a sea blockade will deal a huge blow to the Chinese economy.”
Mr. Avdonin compared this approach to the methods used by the East India Company.
“In the past, that enabled them to control trade routes and ports, cementing their economic dominance. Opium wars waged by the British against China served the same purpose. Their logic remains unchanged today: producers are not important, those who control the product transport and sales are. Trump, therefore, is just a manager who acts to deter China and strengthen the Anglo-Saxon dominance over the global economy,” he concluded.
The expert emphasised that Trump is more of a hired manager than an independent leader, because he acts as large international corporations direct him to.
“Those corporations represent financial and industrial capital of the Anglo-Saxon world. Their main goal is to preserve their dominance over the global economy and to control key markets. To be able to do that, they need their main competitor gone,” he said.
In Mr. Avdonin’s opinion, that key competitor is China.
“China’s economic and financial power makes Anglo-Saxon capitalists feel uneasy. That’s why their corporations and political elites have designated China as the main threat to their top position. Trump, in response, is making his rhetoric more hostile and focuses on the trade war with China. Their economic standoff, however, threatens to spill into a military conflict,” explained the political scientist.
He made a further point that Washington is establishing the so-called ‘Asian NATO’ to put more pressure on China, “This military-political alliance includes countries loyal to the United States: Japan, South Korea, and the Philippines. Its key purpose is to control seaways around China, making it harder for Chinese products to reach European and American markets. Keeping in mind that the maritime transport is still the cheapest and the most expedient, a sea blockade will deal a huge blow to the Chinese economy.”
Mr. Avdonin compared this approach to the methods used by the East India Company.
“In the past, that enabled them to control trade routes and ports, cementing their economic dominance. Opium wars waged by the British against China served the same purpose. Their logic remains unchanged today: producers are not important, those who control the product transport and sales are. Trump, therefore, is just a manager who acts to deter China and strengthen the Anglo-Saxon dominance over the global economy,” he concluded.
