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The New Age of Economic Warfare and Why America Is Playing With Fire
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AI-generatedThe article discusses the rise of economic coercion as a foreign policy tool, focusing on US semiconductor export controls and tariffs, and China's retaliation and development of CIPS. The commercial mechanism is weak and indirect: potential long-term shifts in global supply chains and de-dollarization, but no immediate price, scarcity, or margin impact on specific products or companies. The impact is global but diffuse.
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- US has imposed semiconductor export controls on China since 2025.
- US enacted tariffs globally since 2025.
- China retaliated against Australia by restricting commodity exports.
- Europe is pursuing strategic autonomy.
- China is developing CIPS to reduce reliance on US financial systems.
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