They are. And the Chinese are trying to backfill the narrative saying, well, the US did A, B and C, therefore we had to do D. And that's not true. There was a lower level trade person who was slightly unhinged here in August, I think his name is Lee Kwong Gong, and threatening, saying that China would unleash chaos on the global system if the US Went ahead with our docking fees for Chinese ships. And this is clearly something that they were planning all along. I think that things can de. Escalate that we don't want to have to escalate. (05:56–06:21)
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Asserts that a Chinese trade official threatened global chaos over US docking fees for Chinese ships.
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