One day before election day in an interview with Tucker, Trump talked about how he used John Bolton's hawkishness to scare other countries into capitulating to his demands. I really think he's using the same strategy here... he's banking on China being afraid of Trump's new cabinet filled with China hawks to give more concessions.
Trump will get the biggest of surprises when he comes out attacking China.
Just wait and watch. China hasn't really retaliated to the US war because it's a lose-lose situation. But when someone asks for a beating you can only oblige and respond in kind.
Imagine some random "disruptions" and "delays" from Apple's Chinese suppliers and their revenue actually falls by a 10% in a Quarter. Their whole stonk market would probably collapse and by then you would have some money suits going into the White House and "educating" Trump on how to behave
China could easily do this, and many other things that people haven't even thought about. The only reason it hasn't done such yet, is as I said, because it's a lose-lose proposition. But if Trump wants to play,
Let's play