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This is a calculated negotiator's move: carefully build a box around a stubborn recalcitrant opponent so there is only one exit left at the end.

China has signaled, in joint tariffs talks with historic enemies Japan and So Korea, with agreements with India to de-escalate a border dispute, and now with the EU, they are building a box around Trump.

China sees this as its moment of preeminence on the World's stage, because of Trump. The stupidity and recklessness of Trump.

Trump is addicted to the endorphin rush of dominance for dominance sake. So, there is no goal to negotiate or any outcome to come to, it's all a process high. So there's never any complete satisfaction on his part. He uses three tools: vanity, greed, and fear. To keep the high going. Endlessly, until he dies.

It's a psychology that's bad for relationships of all kinds. There's never "good enough".

Everyone has spent time trying to figure out what he wants, as if the process has some tangible goal that satisfies him like winning something that matters. The process, the playing of the game itself, is what he lives for. It's the rush in the act of dominance he wants, but it's an escalating rush that can never ultimately satisfy.

It's why he makes no sense. Why he lies pathetically about winning even stupid meaningless stuff.

China has him figured out, and he's bad for business. He's an untrustworthy global partner. China's building a box, getting ready to now be the world's new boyfriend.