“Since China is the largest market for both countries, probably a lot of economic bullying — which we’ll see a lot more of as China’s influence grows”

Vinny, that trade thangie isn’t as important as the “soft power rangers’ claim.
In 1940, Germany’s biggest trading partner was France. In 1941 ( after invading and looting France, you really couldn’t consider them a trading partner. most people don’t consider armed robbery a form of trade, excepting the IRS, of course) it was the Soviet Union. As the Panzers headed east, trains of food and minerals headed west.
So trade is more of an inducement to war then a deterrent.
War, after all, is a robbery on a national scale. Except for the stoooooopid Americans, who pour money into their defeated enemies instead of sucking it out. Strange people, no wonder no self respecting tyrant likes America.