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by stupidcar
3143 days ago
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Trump's an awful, undiplomatic speaker, but that seems like a wilful mischaracterisation of his position. His complaint is exactly that America has opened up its economy to others in Asia, but that they haven't reciprocated. Whether or not his isolationist threats makes any sense, it's absolutely true that some countries, China most of all, have limited access to their own markets while taking full advantage of open markets elsewhere. Xi Jinping may know the correct platitudes about free trade to mouth to please an audience, but his vision of trade cooperation has little to do with genuine openness, and everything to do with cementing Chinese economic and political hegemony. |
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Perhaps you could present some evidence?
I paraphrased what he said accurately; 'he misspoke' is baseless and an insufficient explanation. His policy is America First, a term that purposely revived from nativists and isolationists of an earlier era. The President and his administration has advocated it over and over, in multiple forums. His national security advisor and (secretary of state or another high official) wrote an editorial asserting that there is no "community of nations", and that the U.S. will serve itself without significant regard to others' interests. They've also asserted, repeatedly, that the U.S. has no interest in democracy or the rights of others.
The parent's claims regarding Xi's speech are also baseless. Like Xi's predecessors and peers the world over for generations, Trump being the notable exception, he appears to understand that all benefit from the free trade regime and that the powerful nations, including China and the U.S., benefit most.