Have you heard this joke? "If you owe the bank a million dollars, you are in trouble. If you owe the bank a billion dollars, the bank is in trouble." Follow up joke - if you owe a billion dollars to a bank, and no one likes you or the bank, no one will care about either of you going down.
As a neutral outsider, I see that there are actually three scenarios which can play out:
1 US comes out ahead after this
2 China comes out ahead after this
3 Both countries engage in a lot of tit-for-tat, impoverishing both sides, and making the world significantly more multi-polar.
As a neutral, I would prefer 3.
What I am saying is that no neutral country has an incentive right now to come on board to help either of these economic superpowers because both have been abusing and exploiting their powers for a long time now, and neither have been particularly trustworthy in their dealings with their friends and allies.
As a neutral outsider, I see that there are actually three scenarios which can play out:
1 US comes out ahead after this
2 China comes out ahead after this
3 Both countries engage in a lot of tit-for-tat, impoverishing both sides, and making the world significantly more multi-polar.
As a neutral, I would prefer 3.
What I am saying is that no neutral country has an incentive right now to come on board to help either of these economic superpowers because both have been abusing and exploiting their powers for a long time now, and neither have been particularly trustworthy in their dealings with their friends and allies.