“China is ready to make a deal,” announced U.S. Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent, marking a stunning turnaround from Beijing after just two days of economic pressure.

💥 Trump’s proposed 100% tariff didn’t even need to be enforced — the groundwork was already in motion.

While the world debated an impending trade war, the U.S. quietly secured strategic wins:

🇲🇾 Rare earth agreements with Malaysia

🇹🇭 Processing rights from Thailand

🇦🇺 A $13B refinery deal with Australia

🇰🇭 New extraction projects in Cambodia

China entered negotiations expecting leverage — but discovered it had none left. In just 48 hours, $3 trillion in strategic advantage vanished. The once-dominant rare earth monopoly fractured, its trade influence weakened, and technological sovereignty slipped away.

The West now controls the resources that power the AI revolution — the backbone of a $350B U.S. and $3T global AI industry.

When Bessent said, “China is ready to make a deal,” it wasn’t diplomacy — it was acknowledgment.

This wasn’t negotiation. It was submission.

🌍 Globalization hasn’t ended — it’s evolved into a protection game.

And China just paid the entry fee.

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