@Lolita94_ Yes but iirc you only get 5 dishes per week due to purchase limit of the key ingredient. Also it costs in game money which will become the most scarce resource as you play
China’s overall exports are up +8.1%
China’s exports to the U.S. are down -21.0%
Those numbers don’t conflict - they reveal.
This isn’t a slowdown. It’s a decoupling.
It’s not that China is shipping less - it’s that they’re rerouting trade around the United States.
What we’re seeing is the emergence of a parallel export structure:
•Transshipment through Southeast Asia, LATAM, Africa, and even Europe
•BRICS-aligned nations absorbing demand
•U.S. becoming structurally isolated from upstream supply chains - while still dependent on them for finished goods and components
It’s the geopolitical equivalent of supply chain ghosting.
China doesn’t need to attack - it just redirects flow.
And what’s worse for the U.S.?
This isn’t just about trade. It’s about currency velocity.
If exports are flowing elsewhere, invoiced in yuan, dirham, or cross-ledger stablecoin rails -
then the dollar isn’t just losing market share.
It’s losing monetary gravity.
This is how de-dollarization happens.
Not by announcement. By rerouting.
The U.S. isn’t losing the trade war.
It already lost the supply chain loyalty war - and now it’s watching the receipts in reverse.
Final point - the +8.1% export growth with a -21% U.S. decline means one thing:
China has found its post-American customer base.
And the market still hasn’t priced that in.
This isn’t divergence. It’s systemic realignment - and it’s only accelerating.
@martypartymusic Guess what Xi would think when witnessing the true example of “occupying long enough = owning” and then guess what other country leaders would think when realizing what Xi thinks🤡
The only way to apply sense to Trump’s trade war is to create massive uncertainty that will force the Fed to lower rates for when we need to refinance $6.5T of treasuries by June.
China knows this and by selling treasuries they create counter pressure for the Fed to keep rates high.
This game only needs to be played by China for 2 months until end of May when we need to refinance our debt.
Also remember that China is not a democracy and doesn’t have free speech. They can control messaging in their country while Trump cannot control it in America.
So.. Trump is playing chicken w the Fed. China knows this and is selling treasuries to try to make sure Trump loses the Fed-Chicken game and gets trounced by public opinion.
The Fed is run by patriots and will do what they can for America. But they are subject to market pressures like everyone else.