China’s new trade war blow could be fatal for US’s ability to arm itself.
In the not so distant future, both China and the United States could be at war, triggering the most significant global crisis since World War Two.
Tensions between the two global superpowers have been steadily escalating, as Beijing prepares its military to capture Taiwan.

In response, Washington’s generals have been steeling themselves for a fight, devising new war-fighting strategies and building new military alliances.
While we’ve not yet reached the stage of a “hot war” just yet, the tech war is well and truly underway.

On Tuesday, China retaliated against US chip export curbs by banning shipments of materials critical to the production of weapons in the other direction.
Military hardware
Most commonly the materials are used to produce everyday items like solar panels, batteries and semiconductors.