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by spricket
2727 days ago
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It's only restricting foreign investments from certain countries like China that don't play by the rules. It's like banning someone from your store because they steal stuff. The "free market" isn't anarchy, it's essentially a bunch of bilateral trade agreements |
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The US generally (in cooperation with Europe) wrote the rules on post-WWII trade.
I think China absolutely does some shady stuff, pathologically lies about doing so, and flaunts international rules they dislike.
But let's not pretend the game wasn't tilted against them (and developing countries) from the start.
There's a reason Trump is having a hard time staffing State and the Pentagon: everyone professionally qualified to serve knows how the current international system serves American interests.
(Said as an American)