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After COVID-19 and the shockingly inept response to the spread of the disease in Europe and the United States began wrecking entire economies in the West and its neo-colonies, it became obvious that the Trump administration wad inclined to stop respecting the trade deal that he had signed in Beijing, in December 2019.
Two men in Trump's ideological proximity Peter Navarro and Steve Bannon began to push for extremely hawkish foreign and economic policies towards China.
Instead of trying to deflate the crisis, instead of cooperation in the medical and economic fields, both Navarro and Bannon have been overtly pushing for confrontation.
Politico reported on March 18, 2020:
"White House trade adviser Peter Navarro has been leading the effort, which would attempt to reduce reliance on China for vital drug ingredients and supplies like masks and gloves.
"The problem we're facing is that any time we have a public health emergency, people wake up to the extreme foreign dependency that we have," he said. "And after the crisis is over, they promptly go back to sleep."
Steve Bannon, a former chief strategist in Trump's White House who has long warned about the dangers posed by a rising China, said any goodwill built up as a result of reaching the initial trade deal is now moot. He blamed Beijing's early actions when it was accused of trying to cover up the crisis and resisting outside help for "metastasizing" the pandemic.
"Now you can see they are on a propaganda offensive to blame this on the West, particularly the United States, and it's going to lead to a further confrontation. There is a confrontation coming," Bannon said.
He said a confrontation would likely involve an escalation "in the information war and the economic war."
Sparks began flying. Washington insulted China, on several occasions, twisting both logic and information. China replied.
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