China's economic relationship with the West is no longer a trade negotiation but a 'hostage negotiation,' because leverage like rare-earth magnets needed for every EV makes it coercive rather than mutually beneficial—and investing dollars in a communistic economy you may go to war with makes no sense.

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Speaker

Kyle Bass

Evidence Quote

This is not a trade negotiation. This is a hostage negotiation. We need to bring in hostage negotiators because that's what we're negotiating with China.

Source

Global Macro Investing And Geoeconomics With Hedge Fund Investor Kyle Bass | Hoover InstitutionHoover Institution
Created: 6/18/2026, 2:17:47 PM

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