This is a sign that the good ship S.S. Globalization is sinking, and the multi national passengers on board will take an “every man for himself” procedure. It will get more ugly for most passengers as the sinking goes on, but the USA (passenger) will be the strongest swimmer and survivor on the planet.
Re the story, if its true, basically means that the Global PTB, centered in England, is telling the USA, “we got enough out of you, you’re broke, and we have no use for you anymore. And we will economically screw the daylights out of China now and for decades to come, like we did to you starting in 1913.”
USA independence from England 1776, lost that independence 1913.