Good article as usual, Paul. One thing that was not directly addressed is why China has so much money to throw into investing in (or buying) American companies. Every year, Americans pour several hundred billion dollars into their economy to purchase Chinese made consumer goods - goods that were once made in the USA. As far back as the late 1980s American companies were quietly exporting jobs and manufacturing capacity to China to take advantage of cheap labor. By the mid '90s, the trickle had become a torrent and jobs were disappearing at an alarming rate. Though that trend has decreased lately, the horses have long since left the barn. China is now the manufacturing center for the whole world, a title we once held. As Paul said, American companies look only to the profit margin for the next fiscal quarter. The Chinese government has had their dominance under plan for over a quarter century. It’s hard to win a ball game when your team only plans for the next play while the opponent has a plan for the whole game. In short, we have given the enemy the money they now use to buy our industries and its technology. Companies like Cirrus and TCM have sold to China because no one in the West was willing to invest in them. Tossing out a few Executive Orders is not going to change much - it is just a feel-good maneuver for the short term (as usual). In the end, not much really changes.