[dchichkov]

China have a "Made-in-China" plan, one of its goal is good old control of means of production. Is there something like that in the US?

[ok_dad]

Yea, the trillions we spent being the world police for decades, our political push for oil to be priced in usd, etc.

[namlem]

The petrodollar/dollarization of the global economic. Also global naval hegemony. Who do you think polices all the world's trade routes?

[MichaelZuo]

It's not quite so clear anymore, e.g. Black Sea

[ok_dad]

I wonder why they didn't this year? Freedom of navigation exercises are like bread and butter for US Navy sailors! It's one of the very few things I think are important for the US military to continue, even if we draw-down from being the world police.

https://gcaptain.com/us-navy-ships-stay-home-nato-flexes-bla...