U.S. steps up high-tech economic war with China

<p>On today's episode Walter Smolarek and Prof. Richard &nbsp;Wolff discuss how demonization of China has gone into overdrive as the &nbsp;country&nbsp;chooses its new leadership, and how a key component of this has &nbsp;been increasingly strident advocacy for so-called &nbsp;“economic decoupling” from China. And in fact, just ahead of China’s &nbsp;Communist Party congress, the U.S. government unveiled a harsh blow to a &nbsp;critical sector of trade.</p> <p>Professor Richard Wolff is an author &amp; co-founder of the organization Democracy at Work. You can find his work at <a href="http://rdwolff.com/" target="_blank">rdwolff.com</a>.</p> <p>Please make an urgently-needed contribution to The Socialist Program by joining our Patreon community at<a href="https://gate.sc/?url=http%3A%2F%2Fpatreon.com%2Fthesocialistprogram&amp;token=e7ced1-1-1660206223585"> <u>patreon.com/thesocialistprogram</u></a>. We rely on the generous support of our listeners to keep bringing you consistent, high-quality shows. All Patreon donors of $5 a month or more are invited to join the monthly Q&amp;A seminar with Brian.</p>