Chapter 2: Rethinking US-China Relations in the Biden Era with Elizabeth Economy | LFHSPBC

Chapter 2: Obama, Trump, and Biden on China’s Foreign Policy
The Obama, Trump, and Biden administrations have each contributed a unique approach to US foreign policy toward China. The Obama administration saw a shift from “engage but hedge” to “hedge but engage,” while the Trump administration refocused its approach to “compete, counter, and contain.” The Biden administration has taken influence from both of these strategies but has placed focus on strengthening American foundations through improved infrastructure and bolstered relationships with international allies.
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America is energy independent, being the world's largest producer of crude and produces so much natural gas we can't use it all. You can see the natural gas flares from the North Dakota fracking fields from space. China imports over 80% of its crude and better hope there isn't a significant disruption in crude supply (as is likely in the next year when Russian crude production seizes up).
America has a network of friends and allies across the world, including Japan, Korea, Australia, and many countries in Europe. China has an amazing allies in North Korea and an incompetent Russia. That must give the Chinese great comfort to have such friends.
America has a stable demography, with a robust consumer class and a slightly growing class of workers. People want to immigrate to the USA as the land of opportunity. This guarantees America's economy will be vital for the foreseeable future. China's demography is imploding due to One Child and rapid urbanization, and the latest Chinese demographic information suggests the 1.4 billion Chinese will collapse to 700 million by 2050. This means that China will grow old long before it get rich, and China will be filled with half-empty cities filled with old people and relatively few workers. Very few folks want to go to China, so China will be on their own.
America has the largest and best farmland in the world and is a major food exporter. America will certainly ensure that its allies get the food they need if there is a crisis. China has poor farmland that must have fertilizer/pesticides to be productive, polluted rivers and groundwater, and relies on massive food imports to feed its people. China needs to hope there isn't a famine, which is highly likely between 2022 and 2023 since their brilliant ally Putin invaded Ukraine taking Russian and Ukrainian grain (Russia is #1 and Ukraine is #5 grain exporter in the world) partially or completely off the market AND took key fertilizer inputs needed for poor quality land (like is present in China).
America has a huge consumer economy, but has little relative trade and most of that is with friendly NAFTA neighbors. Trade disruptions are annoying but are unlikely to crash the economy. America also has world-class high-level manufacturing, and friendly countries like Mexico to re-home supply chains from China as Chinese-based supply chains shatter and China is no longer a low-cost manufacturer. China is completely dependent on exports for its economic well being, and will likely have structural problems with worker shortages was its demography collapses and Western manufacturers flee unstable and untrustworthy China.