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85% of the global supply of Tungsten is China.
It's used in all AP bullets.
It's used in all AP tank shells.
It's used in all Howitzer artillery shells.
It's used in all of america's big bombs being dropped in Israel.
This is used in all of America's weapons given to Ukraine. They are literally not producing artillery shells right now because they do not have materials and can not source materials elsewhere in the world for the quantity of production they need to maintain their wars.
They simply can not maintain a trade war while maintaining actual war. One or the other has to stop.
The US produces 0 Tungsten.
This makes sense. But what is China's strategy? Just sell them all the Tungsten they want if they remove tariffs? Surely they know US is trying to start a war with them
But the US doesn't have the kind of centralised strategy or funds to stockpile enough anything to sustain an actual war with China.
By gleefully engaging in mercantile trade, China has made the US dependent upon it, and the US just can't start a war it could begin to win. Nor would the bourgeois class want to tolerate it for long because of how much it cuts into their own profits (which is clearly why they're giving up on tariffs now).
If the US actually tries to start a war everyone is fucked because nukes will fly and end all civilisation. Their longterm strategy is to build Europe-MiddleEast-Asia-Africa into one interconnected landmass of infrastructure in such a way that cooperation is most beneficial and to push the US out through support of sovereignty. Their short term strategy is to be such a large productive force that others are too dependent upon them to really fight it.
As for global communism. They do not have global revolutionary strategy. That's up to socialists in each of their own countries i suspect as it conflicts with ensuring their support for national sovereignty against US dominion is authentic.