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There is nothing inequitable in the current trade arrangements that were set by the West. The US and the West have benefited massively, and still are. That lin
by NotPaidToPost 7y ago
There is nothing inequitable in the current trade arrangements that were set by the West. The US and the West have benefited massively, and still are.
That line is just spin repeated again and again until people accept it without questions.
The actual issue for the US is the rise of China as a global power that does not answer to them.
- simonh 7y agoBy and large you're mostly right. There are some inequities in the way China treats foreign firms though. Completely blocking all the main US web technology firms for example. However I don't think the harm being done to the US economy by the trade war is worth the benefits to be gained, even though there may be some benefits.
- NotPaidToPost 7y ago> Completely blocking all the main US web technology firms for example That's a question of being willing to comply with Chinese contents-control requirements rather than trade per se. And if they comply they face a huge public opinion backlash in the US... At the same time, it is understandable that a developing country try to develop its own companies rather than handed its market to US companies... Level playing field and all that ;)
- fastball 7y agoChina literally steals tech from US businesses, mass produces it, and then undercuts the US companies that they stole the tech from in the US market. Get outta here with your "China can do nothing wrong".
- NotPaidToPost 7y agoNot literally "steals"... It's not possible to "literally steals" tech.
- fastball 7y agoWhat else would you call sending in people to illicitly copy data and designs under false pretenses?