Just like the US dollar, at end of the day which currency to use, or which shipping company can operate, and whose ships are used are decided by the world's dominant trading nation, not anyone else, and that nation is China.
Cognizant is so bad they have to be listed twice. Yes I know it is Indian but still.
If this move doesn't work, the US will become more deranged. I recall a proposal, probably inspired by Peter Zeihan, a few years ago about declaring an open season on Chinese merchant ships and encouraging government-funded pirates to attack them while telling the US navy & those of its allies to not respond to Chinese distress calls. The idea being that it'd be way too expensive for China to protect its merchant fleet & hunt down pirates without global ports like the US.
All that will just give China the excuse to expand her navy 2-300%.
Nobel prize winners usually think in the western perspectiv after all..
Actually, I've been trying to start a thread to introduce and discuss 日耳蛮学/日耳曼赢学 (German Barbarology/Winology) for quite a few days, but I was wary it might cause some hate/racist speech...
