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  • gammison [none/use name]
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    3 years ago

    It's a large amount. A alot of precursor chemicals are also refined in China then shipped to Europe. For example all US solid fuel rocket engines use Dechlorane, which is made by one company in Belgium, which gets all precursor chemicals from China. Most electronics in the military are also on Chinese made circuit boards. Final assembly of everything is usually in the US.

    But yeah, US empire can't function without Chinese manufacturing, and Chinese domestic life cannot continue without the customers, no one is really interested in rocking the boat too much. I mean take the Belt and Road Initiative, you know who is a huge supporter? Bill Gates lol.