Zahod se bo moral počasi zbuditi, vsaj tisti, ki se še niso. Situacijo najbolje ilustrira izjava Tim-a Cook-a šefa Apple-a:

Apple CEO Tim Cook said recently that his company goes to China not to seek cheap manufacturing, but for the quality. He stated that in America he cannot fill a room with the kind of technicians and experts he needs, but in China, he can fill a football stadium.

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This is the truth because as Chinese people are increasingly becoming fascinated with science and technology, Western high-school graduates are growing increasingly interested in sports, rap music, art, travel, etc. In 2017, China produced 4.7 million STEM graduates (science, technology, engineering and math), India produced 2.6 million and America produced a meager 588,000.

Ko temu dodaš, da je povprečen kitajski IQ (104) večji od povprečnega ameriškega (98), da delajo kitajci bistveno več in da je njihova vlada glede dolgoročnega razvoja bistveno učinkovitejša, potem slika za zahod, predvsem Ameriko ni rožnata.

Glavni vzrok za trgovinsko vojno je predvsem ta, da ZDA v določenih ključnih sektorjih ni sposobna več konkurirati.