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I think you are underestimating the power of the western economy and the negative impact of isolationism. China don't want to play alone.
by pera 9y ago
I think you are underestimating the power of the western economy and the negative impact of isolationism. China don't want to play alone.
- CountSessine 9y agoSure - if we imposed across-the-board tariffs on Chinese goods and Europe and Japan did likewise, that would be a very, very long lever. Outside of FantasyLand, that will never happen. And Amazon leaving China will have even less impact on China's polity than Google's leaving China did. Don't get me wrong - unlike Apple who really can't leave China and continue to make smartphones, Amazon could and should leave China. Amazon, like Google, will have to comply and cooperate with Chinese authorities in uncomfortable and unethical ways that I think will make it hard for Amazon to retain their best and brightest employees in the rest of the world. And Amazon will never be allowed to gain marketshare or influence in China at the expense of a local company - the deck will be sufficiently stacked against them until they lose, much like what Google was facing.