That’s just a function of their proximity to the US. When you’re that close you don’t have much of a choice. I don’t think Japan wanted their main trading partner to be China either, but they are where they are and they have to deal with it.
I think it’s more interesting to notice where there are outliers who are close to the US but still have more trade with China. Cuba is noticeable but not surprising, that’s just a result of the embargo. Panama is the intriguing one.
The US is now trying very hard re-assert dominance at least in their most immediate sphere of influence by forcing Panama out of the BRI. Long term they probably won’t be able to reverse the trend, but in the short term they can bully a few countries into submission.
Other interesting outliers are Paraguay and Jordan, as fairly isolated blue spots in otherwise red regions. Jordan of course is basically a US neocolony, their regime is one of the biggest Arab enablers of the Zionist entity.
It’s Paraguay that surprises me. I know a little about their history but i will admit i’m not very familiar with the current political and economic situation over there, so i would have to learn more about them to understand why they are still so closely tied to the US.
Edit: Also, i think we could see Argentina flip back to the US at some point with the way things are going there. It’s not something that can happen overnight just because the current administration is pro-US, but with the kind of deindustrialization policies that are being implemented there now to turn it into a resource colony, the material basis for meaningful trade with China may just disappear. Where most of the rest of the global south is moving in a developmental direction, Argentina is one of the few going the opposite way at the moment. It’s sad but that’s what seems to be happening.
Only surprise here for me is Venezuela and Nicaragua. Like seriously… still?
That is starting to change rapidly for both countries.
For Nicaragua -> https://www.telesurtv.net/nicaragua-y-china-inician-nueva-fase-de-colaboracion-economica-y-comercial/ https://globaltradeculture.com/como-nicaragua-esta-expandiendo-su-comercio-con-china/
For Venezuela -> https://noticiaslatam.lat/20250204/el-comercio-entre-china-y-venezuela-aumento-a-3000-millones-sin-contar-la-balanza-petrolera-1160972214.html
That’s just a function of their proximity to the US. When you’re that close you don’t have much of a choice. I don’t think Japan wanted their main trading partner to be China either, but they are where they are and they have to deal with it.
I think it’s more interesting to notice where there are outliers who are close to the US but still have more trade with China. Cuba is noticeable but not surprising, that’s just a result of the embargo. Panama is the intriguing one.
The US is now trying very hard re-assert dominance at least in their most immediate sphere of influence by forcing Panama out of the BRI. Long term they probably won’t be able to reverse the trend, but in the short term they can bully a few countries into submission.
Other interesting outliers are Paraguay and Jordan, as fairly isolated blue spots in otherwise red regions. Jordan of course is basically a US neocolony, their regime is one of the biggest Arab enablers of the Zionist entity.
It’s Paraguay that surprises me. I know a little about their history but i will admit i’m not very familiar with the current political and economic situation over there, so i would have to learn more about them to understand why they are still so closely tied to the US.
Edit: Also, i think we could see Argentina flip back to the US at some point with the way things are going there. It’s not something that can happen overnight just because the current administration is pro-US, but with the kind of deindustrialization policies that are being implemented there now to turn it into a resource colony, the material basis for meaningful trade with China may just disappear. Where most of the rest of the global south is moving in a developmental direction, Argentina is one of the few going the opposite way at the moment. It’s sad but that’s what seems to be happening.