[kasey_junk]

The argument (which has its own pros and cons) is that the Chinese vendors are not competing fair and square.

The governmental/industrial coordination in China is quite literally un comparable to Western style industries so the western governments feel they have to protect their local industries.

This definitely hurts consumers in the short term, so the whole argument is about long term impacts.

[inigyou]

Nothing stops western governments from adopting the tactics that work well.

[kasey_junk]

Western populations do.

[inigyou]

If western populations are so committed to failure, then failure is deserved.

[kasey_junk]

If your definition of success and failure is based on how well your country motivates the production of consumer goods, I suppose that’s true.