Western politicians aren't the guys running the show, its the big money interests behind them that call the shots. These folks are not stupid, they're the ones quietly making moves in various markets to maximize their profits. For example, even while the politicians call for decoupling to scare the uniformed and misinformed into selling Chinese stocks, the bigshots scoop those same stocks at bargain prices then convert them into ownership in Hong Kong and the mainland. Very cunning, these high level Wall St. types, I've witnessed how these people operate in my investment journey for a long time but really only began to understand in the past few years, and my journey began in my teens.