A Single Phone Call

China is looking to make some major changes in the very near future.  China has a trade balance that is very positive in their favor.  They are looking at changing a great many things.  China is looking to create new corridors of commerce that will bypass the issues they have at their borders.  “In the coming five years, China will import US$8 trillion of goods, attract US$600 billion of foreign investment, make US$750 billion of outbound investment, and Chinese tourists will make 700 million outbound visits.”

China is already working with Putin and the Russian government on upgrading their shipping abilities. Inbuilt in the New Silk Roads, aka One Belt, One Road, is a new transpolitical concept; territoriality is extrapolated from national borders towards belts and roads – in fact, supply chains. This goes way beyond mere technicalities: supply-chain management; inter-modality; inter-operability; a new approach to logistics; you name it. It’s posing the foundation of a transnational new geoeconomic model, and, if successful in the long run, a new geopolitical model. This corridor of commerce will allow China to export even more goods to other nations than was possible before the upgrade.  

At issue is our relations with China.  Donald Trump has made little effort to consult with the chinese and according to the article has little knowledge of what is on the line.  He has made one phone call to the chinese and it was to agree with china's One China policy.  China is looking to rely less on United States exports and to diversify that to many other nations.  The route across Siberia and other to the Russian areas is a big part of this move.

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