To say the least, most of the global trade rules were previously decided by them.
One reason everyone was willing to abide by these rules was because of the strong background they had.
Now, their biggest reliance suddenly announced cooperation with competitors at the most critical moment, which is a huge variable for these companies intending to cooperate.
This sparked some panic among the top negotiators. The situation now seems to be surrendering is incomplete unless it's a total surrender.
This is quite awkward.
In the words of the classic quote from that person, they truly have no cards left to play. In fact, as soon as the White House and Microsoft began stating their positions in their own ways, there were no cards left.
Therefore, everyone now seeks more security and wants to gain a relatively good position in the upcoming cooperation.
After all, many companies are never indispensable.
Take Google search, for example.
