there's also to potential to suffer tariffs ourselves. something like 97% of all goods traded with us are duty free. > 1 tarryfs on chyna we'll have to start selling iron ore back to ourselves and smelting that shit in-house. and for coal, well looks like cheap coal power is back on the menu. > 2 aukus will collapse we really should be investing in our own high-technology deterrent systems, or using that sweet coal and iron ore money to bring them in from overseas. i'm talking jsf bases dotting the coastline, anti-air missile systems, the whole shebang. we dont have to win or wage wars, we just have to be enough of a pain in the ass that people don't bother trying.
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