China’s Decades-Long Trade Assault on America

China’s Decades-Long Trade Assault on America: A Ruthless Economic Siege Enabled by Spineless U.S. Presidents

China’s trade war against the United States is no fleeting spat—it’s a savage, decades-long campaign of economic butchery, meticulously crafted to bleed America dry while exploiting its markets, pilfering its innovations, and mocking its naive goodwill. This isn’t mere competition; it’s a predatory onslaught driven by Beijing’s insatiable greed, intellectual property theft, and contempt for fair play. Worse still, a parade of shortsighted U.S. presidents—cowed by corporate greed or deluded by fantasies of cooperation—paved the way for China’s rampage with disastrous policies like Most Favored Nation (MFN) status and WTO entry. This article rips apart China’s vile tactics and the gutless leaders who let it happen, tracing the carnage from historical sellouts to the 2018 tariff bloodbath and beyond, up to March 2025.

Historical Context: China’s Economic Invasion, Greenlit by U.S. Cowards

China’s economic assault kicked off after diplomatic normalization in 1979 under Jimmy Carter, a weak-kneed idealist who opened the door to Beijing’s flood of cheap junk, naively thinking trade would tame the dragon. It didn’t—China just sharpened its claws. The real betrayal came with permanent Most Favored Nation (MFN) status, a gift from Bill Clinton in 2000 that slashed tariffs on Chinese goods, letting them swarm U.S. markets unchecked The Contentious U.S.-China Trade Relationship. Clinton, a spineless appeaser, sold out American workers for corporate profits, crowing about “globalization” while China’s trade deficit with the U.S. exploded from $6 billion in 1985 to $83 billion by 2000 U.S. Trade Deficit and China.

Then came George W. Bush, a bumbling fool who ushered China into the WTO in 2001, handing Beijing a golden ticket to ravage global trade rules. Imports from China surged from $100 billion in 2001 to over $400 billion by 2023, while the deficit ballooned to $382 billion by 2022—proof of China’s merciless export blitz, fueled by slave wages, state handouts, and a savings rate over 30% that dwarfed America’s 7% China–United States trade war. These presidents didn’t just fail—they rolled out the red carpet for China’s economic rape of America.

Pre-2018: China’s Stealth War, Ignored by Gutless Leaders

Before 2018, China waged a silent war, using WTO disputes as a Trojan horse to gut U.S. industries while presidents dithered. DS379 (2007) exposed China’s industrial-scale intellectual property theft—stealing American tech to fuel its sham economy—yet Bush sat idle, too busy botching wars to notice WTO | dispute settlement – chronological list of disputes cases. DS412 (2012) revealed Beijing’s chokehold on electronic payments, strangling U.S. firms, but Barack Obama, a feckless globalist, responded with limp wrist-slaps—textile quotas and aluminum probes that China laughed off China–United States trade war. Obama’s cowardice let China’s dumping and subsidies fester, a betrayal of every American worker he claimed to champion.

The 2018 Escalation: China’s Vicious Counterattack

By 2018, Donald Trump finally grew a spine, slamming tariffs on solar panels and washing machines in January, then steel and aluminum in March, targeting China’s parasitic trade. Beijing’s response was feral—matching Trump’s July tariffs on $34 billion of goods with 25% duties on 545 U.S. products, gutting American farmers and factories with ruthless precision The US-China Trade War: A Timeline. The U.S. hit back with 10% tariffs on $200 billion in September, raised to 25% by 2019, but China retaliated with $60 billion in duties, a snarling display of its economic savagery A quick guide to the US-China trade war.

The Phase One deal in 2020 was a sick joke—China pledged $200 billion in U.S. purchases but delivered a pathetic 58%, spitting in America’s face while Trump, desperate for a win, cut some tariffs. This wasn’t a deal; it was China playing the U.S. for fools China–United States trade war.

Economic Fallout: China’s Devastating Rampage

China’s trade war has left America battered, its economy scarred by Beijing’s unrelenting assault. Bilateral trade cratered—U.S. tariffs hit $350 billion of Chinese imports by 2019, met by China’s $100 billion in retaliatory strikes, strangling U.S. exporters The Economic Impacts of the US-China Trade War. American families got hammered with higher prices—tariffs China gleefully dumped on U.S. consumers—while its own exporters, bleeding 0.35% profit margins per 1% tariff hike, limped on thanks to Beijing’s dirty subsidies Trump Tariffs: The Economic Impact of the Trump Trade War How Did the 2018 U.S.-China Trade War Affect China’s Exporters?.

Globally, the IMF clocks a 0.3% GDP hit, with the U.S. losing 0.2% long-term and 245,000 jobs by 2021—blood on China’s hands and the hands of every president who let it fester The Impact of US-China Trade Tensions. Scavengers like Vietnam and Taiwan picked at the carcass, snagging diverted trade while China gloated China–United States trade war.

Impact Area	US Carnage	China’s Bloody Toll	Global Wreckage
GDP Slash	0.2% long-run gutting	0.5% hit, propped up by state thuggery	0.3% short-term (IMF)
Trade Ruin	$350B in tariffs on Chinese filth	$100B in spiteful retaliation, state-backed	Flows crushed, vultures feast
Consumer Agony	Prices soar from China’s poison	Exporter margins slashed, saved by handouts	Tradable goods bleed out
Job Slaughter	245,000 jobs torched by 2021	Export sector maimed, hidden by lies	Mixed, with some scavenging
Market Mayhem	Volatility spikes, trust obliterated	Stock convulsions, rigged recovery	0.15% GDP loss from chaos (IMF)

Today’s Nightmare: China’s Unstoppable Onslaught

As of March 2025, China’s economic terrorism rages on. Joe Biden, a doddering relic, clings to $360 billion in tariffs and slaps new ones—doubling solar cell duties, tripling EV battery tariffs in May 2024—but it’s a feeble gesture against China’s iron will The Contentious U.S.-China Trade Relationship. Export controls and investment bans are toothless, with Beijing sneering as it tightens its chokehold on global supply chains. Trump’s threat of 60% tariffs on Chinese goods and 10% across-the-board looms, but China’s track record promises a vicious counterblow China–United States trade war.

China’s goal is naked domination—crushing America through economic strangulation. The Phase One flop proves it’s a liar, stalling while it strangles supply chains. Decoupling looms, with apocalyptic costs, but China’s willing to torch the world to reign supreme The US-China trade war can be brought to an end.

Conclusion: China’s Tyranny and America’s Betrayers

China’s decades-long trade war is a barbaric assault—stealing, dumping, and sabotaging its way to supremacy while laughing at America’s weakness. From Carter’s naive handshake to Clinton’s MFN sellout, Bush’s WTO blunder, Obama’s timid shrugs, and Biden’s feeble flailing, U.S. presidents have been complicit fools, letting Beijing rape the economy unchecked. Trump at least swung back, but it’s not enough. China’s a rabid beast—tariffs won’t kill it. America must crush its supply chains, sever its lifelines, and bury its economic empire before it’s too late.

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China’s Decades-Long Trade Assault on America