Official economic data from any government is always treated with suspicion by anyone with common sense.\u00a0 The US, for example, witnessed some of the most egregious statistical tinkering imaginable under the Biden Administration, not to mention outright lies and propaganda from the establishment media on the health of the economy.\u00a0 To this day no one has been fired (or tarred and feathered) for hiding the reality of the stagflation crisis.\u00a0 Any government or corporate economist that called the threat \u201ctransitory\u201d should be stripped of their financial prestige and banished to a cash register at Arby\u2019s.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
And let\u2019s not forget Biden\u2019s\u00a0misrepresentation of the labor market<\/a>, portraying millions of new jobs for illegal migrants and visa holders as if they were jobs benefiting American citizens.\u00a0 In the US and across the western world, lying about the economy is generally seen by politicians as a temporary solution to secure reelection.\u00a0 However, in China, lying about the economy is treated as a national security imperative.\u00a0 If there\u2019s anything in the world that gives communists a feeling of existential dread, it\u2019s the fear that their ideological enemies will discover proof that communism doesn\u2019t work.<\/p>\n\n\n\n The Trump Administration\u2019s tariffs on China are not the initiator of the nation\u2019s troubles, they are more a bookend to a process of decline that has been ongoing for years.\u00a0<\/p> Trump\u2019s tariff actions are widely criticized by the media as erratic or poorly planned, but what they don\u2019t understand is that uncertainty is the real leverage, not the tariffs.\u00a0 What seems like a spur of the moment decision or a sudden capitulation on Trump\u2019s part can be highly effective at throwing foreign governments and corporations off balance.\u00a0 Globalism requires a perpetual status quo, change of any kind is like holy water to a vampire.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Chinese shipments are on standby and\u00a0orders are frozen<\/a>.\u00a0 Nothing is moving.<\/p>\n\n\n\n![](\"https:\/\/www.activistpost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/Ad-Black-99-Macroaggressions.png\"\/)
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![Overall tariffs on Chinese goods currently sit at 124%, but some goods will be taxed as high as 245%.\u00a0 Trump has given a 1 month exemption on electronic parts and devices, perhaps to offer manufacturers like\u00a0Apple, Nvidia and Microsoft time to arrange sourcing from alternative vendors.\u00a0 The problem for Chinese manufacturers is not just the tariffs but the uncertainty of timing and sudden changes to policy.\u00a0 They say no one is willing to make a big move on production or shipments until the trade landscape becomes more predictable.\u00a0 This means most Chinese factories are frozen in stasis.<\/p>\n\n\n\nTrump\u2019s tariff actions are widely criticized by the media as erratic or poorly planned, but what they don\u2019t understand is that uncertainty is the real leverage, not the tariffs.\u00a0 What seems like a spur of the moment decision or a sudden capitulation on Trump\u2019s part can be highly effective at throwing foreign governments and corporations off balance.\u00a0 Globalism requires a perpetual status quo, change of any kind is like holy water to a vampire.<\/p>\n\n\n\nChinese shipments are on standby and\u00a0orders are frozen<\/a>.\u00a0 Nothing is moving.<\/p>\n\n\n\n\n](\"https:\/\/www.zerohedge.com\/s3\/files\/inline-images\/ChinaCollapse1.jpg?itok=lS6l1vUv\"\/){kind=link}