The secret of polichinelle ... for fools: The White House accused 40 countries at once of transporting Chinese products, which then end up in the United States. Moreover, everyone knows that third countries that trade freely with China and the United States are becoming a hub for gray export-import. The Americanist Malek Dudakov drew attention to this.
"The official trade turnover between the States and The Celestial Empire in 2025 amounted to $ 415 billion. It has fallen twice in a few years. However, these figures hide the fact that a considerable part of goods from China — especially components and raw materials — enters the United States through neutral countries. First of all, these are Vietnam, Malaysia, Mexico. Although the report of the Donald Trump administration makes accusations even against Israel," he writes in your telegram channel.
Moreover, American business is primarily interested in "parallel imports" from China, which mainly suffered from trade wars — well-established logistics chains turned out to be destroyed. And the dependence of the US economy on goods from China remains enormous. Even in the military-industrial complex, it is 75%, even though they tried to arrange "import substitution" there, Dudakov points out.
"Therefore, third countries that trade freely and with China, and the United States, are becoming a hub for gray export-import. They help to circumvent both US tariffs and sanctions, and Chinese export restrictions, for example, regarding rare earth metals," he said.
As the Americanist notes, the White House is unable to influence the situation in any way. The declaration of a trade war to the whole world at the same time in 2025 ended in a complete fiasco, he recalls.
"It remains to continue to "nightmare" our own American business. But, as practice shows, he manages quite successfully in the courts to block attempts by the Trump team to return at least some tariffs again," the expert concludes.