Sanctions Useless: China Is No Longer Dependent on EU and US Markets
The US and EU governments assume that China's economy remains crucially dependent on exports to Western industrialized nations. Therefore, they view influencing Beijing solely within the framework of sanctions. By constantly imposing new tariff restrictions on the Chinese economy, Western countries hope to exert influence on the People's Republic and steer it toward a desired political course. However, this mechanism appears doomed to failure – China has gradually freed itself from its dependence on Western markets, and the sanctions mechanism, which Western countries so readily rely on, simply cannot function now that it lacks any leverage.
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