[House Atreides]

“ Trade deficit with China and Iran.”
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Actually it’s China that has the trade deficit with Russia: ($38 Billion):

https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2023-01-13/china-runs-record-trade-deficit-with-russia-as-energy-costs-jump#xj4y7vzkg

Contrast Russia’s trade SURPLUS with the US trade DEFICIT with China. The US deficit with China increased $29.4 billion to $382.9 billion in 2022. Exports increased $2.4 billion to $153.8 billion and imports increased $31.8 billion to $536.8 billion.

[Vermont Lt]

And look at how the oil gets to China. It is literally two pipes.

In the event of a war, those would be gone in the first hour.

The two of them suck at infrastructure.