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>US and Brazil could starve China into compliance Into compliance with what, exactly?
by omegaworks 8y ago
>US and Brazil could starve China into compliance
Into compliance with what, exactly?
- baybal2 8y agoTrade blockade, and food in particular. Russian farmers will be happy, once in a blue moon.
- gdy 8y agoThey are not too unhappy even now. https://agfax.com/2018/10/12/global-markets-wheat-robust-russian-exports-in-spite-of-smaller-crop/ https://agfax.com/2018/10/12/global-markets-wheat-robust-rus...
- gdy 8y agoAmerican interests
- omegaworks 8y agoAnd those are?
- gdy 8y agoMoney, keeping China out Here's a snippet about Africa, I'm sure South America is much more important for the US. “We will make certain that ALL aid to the region - whether for security, humanitarian, or development needs - advances U.S. interests,” he said, adding that Washington will also re-evaluate its support for U.N. peacekeeping missions. https://www.reuters.com/article/us-usa-trump-africa/u-s-to-counter-china-russia-influence-in-africa-bolton-idUSKBN1OC1XV https://www.reuters.com/article/us-usa-trump-africa/u-s-to-c...
- chadAnon69 8y agotrade, IP, muslim concentration camps, illegal island creation in south China sea, the list goes on. Xi's power grab is only accepted because life is pretty good right now in China. He won't be able to maintain power over a billion hungry, angry chinese
- zapita 8y agoI have a feeling that Muslim concentration camps is not on top of the list of issues that Trump or Bolsonaro are worried about...
- chadAnon69 8y agorealpolitik, anything Trump can use to turn the international community against China will be used
- Apocryphon 8y agoMaybe if MBS starts to care about Uyghurs?
- unmole 8y agoMBS doesn't care about Arabs in Yemen. Why would he start caring about Uyghurs half a continenet away?
- Apocryphon 8y agoSome of them form Salafist militias in Syria.
- ocschwar 8y agoImagine a timeline where both Brazil and the USA had human beings as presidents. That would probably get the Uyghurs rescued