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It's a fine sentiment. The american government needs to balance the need to protect chinese citizens (and other ones under influence from China) vs. the economi
by dexen 7y ago
It's a fine sentiment. The american government needs to balance the need to protect chinese citizens (and other ones under influence from China) vs. the economic needs of americans, who are the government's primary responsibility.
The problem is that american citizens and businesses are heavily dependent on one specific source of imports -China- with little to no alternatives on certain goods [1]. It's a good long term aim to diversity the imports, but it needs to be done gradually, allowing sufficient time for american economy to adjust. Attempting to do that in one fell swoop would cause a lot of disruption and economic hardships to american citizenry.
Once the key imports are diversified, US will have much more room to put pressure on China, to curb their humanitarian abuses.
[1] China also holds a significant share of US bonds
- drocer88 7y agoThat sounds like "cheap stuff now, human rights later". Apologies if I am mis-interpreting you. As an American, I'd be willing to pay more for goods if it meant Tibetan Buddhists, Uighur Muslims and other folks in China had basic human rights.
- mensetmanusman 7y agoI agree, along with: ‘Cheap stuff now, environmental disaster later’