I don't think the US can anymore. What Trump did was idiotic. There was a lot of power that world thought the US has, but doesn't seem to have. By issuing all these threats and not being able to follow through with them Trump essentially showed the world that the US isn't as omnipotent as everyone thought it would be.
Subsequently Asias reaction to absolutely do not do any business with Huawei as the US ambassador asked for was answered with "we know China is risky, but you guys don't come without strings attached either"[1][2][3]. Only Europe and places like Taiwan(because of obvious reasons) are blindly followed US foreign policy decisions.
Even UAE, Saudi Arabia and other places have now started to look for alternatives as they consider the US to less likely to follow through with their threats.
If ever SCO(Shanghai Cooperation Organisation[4]) the Chinese answer to NATO becomes more involved in the middle east the US and it's allies will have to worry. And it's happening right now albeit slowly, because the sanctions and my way or the highway isn't really a reliable partner to a lot of people anymore.
EDIT: economically there isn't much more than a complete trade embargo including central bank sanction that has been done with NK or Iran that can be done.
Politically a coup isn't likely to happen. The PRC is hugely popular among its citizens whether we like it or not.
And militarily Clinton humiliating China in 1996 prompted the current military buildup (See Taiwan straight crisis) [5]
It's basically the emperors naked clothes now as the US Navy realizes that their big aircraft carriers are also a big liability in modern conflict as they're basically vulnerable to swarm attacks by cheap junk[6]
Subsequently Asias reaction to absolutely do not do any business with Huawei as the US ambassador asked for was answered with "we know China is risky, but you guys don't come without strings attached either"[1][2][3]. Only Europe and places like Taiwan(because of obvious reasons) are blindly followed US foreign policy decisions.
Even UAE, Saudi Arabia and other places have now started to look for alternatives as they consider the US to less likely to follow through with their threats.
If ever SCO(Shanghai Cooperation Organisation[4]) the Chinese answer to NATO becomes more involved in the middle east the US and it's allies will have to worry. And it's happening right now albeit slowly, because the sanctions and my way or the highway isn't really a reliable partner to a lot of people anymore.
EDIT: economically there isn't much more than a complete trade embargo including central bank sanction that has been done with NK or Iran that can be done.
Politically a coup isn't likely to happen. The PRC is hugely popular among its citizens whether we like it or not.
And militarily Clinton humiliating China in 1996 prompted the current military buildup (See Taiwan straight crisis) [5]
It's basically the emperors naked clothes now as the US Navy realizes that their big aircraft carriers are also a big liability in modern conflict as they're basically vulnerable to swarm attacks by cheap junk[6]
[1] https://english.kyodonews.net/news/2019/08/840ce682b432-focu...
[2] https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2019/08/19/business/u-s-ba...
[3] https://www.scmp.com/week-asia/geopolitics/article/3006961/m...
[4] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Shanghai_Cooperation_Organisat...
[5] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Third_Taiwan_Strait_Crisis
[6] https://www.defensenews.com/naval/2019/08/06/with-mounting-q...