Signs That the US and China Will Go to War: Japanese surprise attack on Pearl Harbor

 


The question I am constantly asked is not about a trade war. It is: Are we headed toward a hot war with China? 

The short answer is that I hope not, of course, but I am increasingly concerned about the trends. 

I spent the majority of my Navy career in the Pacific, and I never felt we were as close to an actual shooting war with Beijing as we are today.

It is worth remembering how World War II began in the Pacific: with trade sanctions that cut off Japan from vital resources — notably oil, steel and rubber. 

Many historians believe the attack on Pearl Harbor in December 1941 was the culmination of a decade of economic disputes and provocative steps.

James Stavridis Bloomberg 16 april 2025 

James Stavridis is a Bloomberg Opinion columnist, a retired US Navy admiral, former supreme allied commander of NATO, and vice chairman of global affairs at the Carlyle Group. Carlyle | Global Investment Firm

https://www.bloomberg.com/opinion/articles/2025-04-16/are-the-us-and-china-headed-to-war-watch-for-these-5-signs


Breakdown in U.S.-China Relations Raises Specter of New Cold War

The two countries have effectively erected trade embargoes against each other in less than three months and are taking economic warfare into new territory. 

What is at stake is overall global security as well as economic stability for many years to come.

Wall Street Journal 20 April 2025

https://www.wsj.com/world/china/china-us-economic-relations-tariffs-cold-war-ddb43fca


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Most Americans think the Japanese surprise attack on Pearl Harbor was exactly that, a total surprise

The proximate causes were the American embargoes in 1940 on scrap iron, steel and especially oil to the Japanese Empire, followed in 1941 by a freeze on Japanese assets in US banks. 

https://englundmacro.blogspot.com/2025/04/most-americans-think-japanese-surprise.html

Europeans move towards seizing €200bn of Russian assets

Key capitals, including Berlin, Paris and Brussels, have previously pushed back because of concerns that seizing state property would set a precedent under international law.

The European Central Bank was also worried that the euro’s status as a safe option for foreign reserves would be put at risk. 

https://englundmacro.blogspot.com/2025/03/europeans-move-towards-seizing-200bn-of.html


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