He says that the extra-territorialisation of US policies on China (i.e. forcing other countries to comply with them) is increasing "precisely because it is not the trajectory of everybody else's policy".
I.e. because they don't do it voluntarily, the US is coercing them into it.
— Arnaud Bertrand (@RnaudBertrand) November 13, 2022
As a result, since countries aren't following the US on their own volition in their anti-China crusade, the US is attempting "to elicit voluntary compliance" and if it cannot Feigenbaum "confidently predicts that the US will bring the hammer down", i.e. "coerce compliance".
— Arnaud Bertrand (@RnaudBertrand) November 13, 2022
In other words – and it's quite an extraordinary admission from someone like Feigenbaum – since its "partners" don't want to side with the US against China, the US will attempt to essentially shove it down their throats.
— Arnaud Bertrand (@RnaudBertrand) November 13, 2022
Or "try not complying with the US export controls [i.e. the tech bans on China] and see if the US wants you to make a choice."
To conclude he predicts: "those contradictions [i.e. US rhetoric of a 'free world' vs its imperialistic behavior] are going to get sharper and sharper."
— Arnaud Bertrand (@RnaudBertrand) November 13, 2022
It is also, I believe, a key (if not THE key) explanation for US behavior with regards to Taiwan: the constant provocations and the agitation for war.
Because if a war does occur, it'd be immensely easier for the US to get countries to side with it against China.
— Arnaud Bertrand (@RnaudBertrand) November 13, 2022
This is the source video, by the way: https://t.co/tX1xFSwTje
— Arnaud Bertrand (@RnaudBertrand) November 13, 2022
h/t Dan