> These days it's pretty clear the US and China benefit from mutual trade Yes, that is probably the current perception even with most people never hearing of c

> These days it's pretty clear the US and China benefit from mutual trade Yes, that is probably the current perception even with most people never hearing of competitive advantage. I wonder how climate change in the next couple of decades will change this war/peace calculus. I fear we may realize that benefits that the U.S. and China receive from trade partnerships is from extracting natural capital and replacing it with negative externalities. When that natural capital runs out and negative externalities come back to bite us in the form of climate change, what will the U.S. and China think of each other then? Will we still believe in competitive advantage then?