[threeseed]

> In the meantime, tariffs are raised on every country to gauge which side they are on

Tariffs were raised on Australia, UK, New Zealand and Canada.

It's asinine to say that you can trust these countries with your most secret intelligence (Five Eyes) but not enough to say treat them as allies.

[defrost]

As an Australian who has spent decades watching the trade and resources markets it was notable that Australia, NZ, UK, Canada, and much of the world started taking calls from China and meetings with ambassadors.

The Trump plan to "decouple from China" was verging on dividing the world into the US and everybody else .. a large reason behind the partial rollback.

Countries are now openly rejecting China's offer to join hands .. but still sitting on the possibility of further deals with China should the US tariff insanity continue.

[smileysteve]

Also, the amount of badmouthing of Japan, Korea, Germany... Especially car companies which have built plants in America.