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I think your comment needs a historical perspective. Protectionism and tariffs played an important economic part in the rise of all of the current world superpo
by ksk 9y ago
I think your comment needs a historical perspective. Protectionism and tariffs played an important economic part in the rise of all of the current world superpowers. Pretty much everyone from the USA, to GB to Sweden practiced heavy protectionism through tariffs and subsidies (which also featured in the civil war). While you can pick any window in history and adjudicate whats "fair", the alternative to "Chinese are sneaky" is that they're simply doing what others did before them to become dominant.
- njarboe 9y agoIf you read my comment I am not talking about "fairness" or advancing some crypto Chinese racism. China is doing great and advancing quickly. Good for them. My perspective was from the other side and questioning weather or not the policy from the US side is a net good for the people in the US, aside from the top 0.01%.
- ksk 9y agoI'm not suggesting you personally harbor ill towards them in a racial way. I could have worded it better, sorry ! My comment was political. A lot of commentators here seem to not understand the historical perspective on tariffs, and subsidies and protectionism. I think people understand the 'every country will look out for themselves' part. What a lot of people don't is the 'this is what we used to do too' part.