If global trade breaks down due to American withdrawal, populism, mercantilism, or war, supply chains collapse and countries can no longer access the raw materials, energy, and food required to maintain industrial systems, forcing de-industrialization.
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Peter ZeihanEvidence Quote
“but if you break down global trade, uh, whether it's because the Americans go their own way or populism bursts up in a lot of places or you have a heavily mercantalist country like China or a war like what's going on in Russia, all of that breaks supply chains and makes it difficult, if not impossible, for countries to get the raw materials they need to keep an industrialized system going.”
Created: 8/10/2026, 10:51:07 PM
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