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Who would've thought historically bad negotiators have trouble negotiating trade deals?

• toyg 6y ago
  Well, the British used to be great negotiators... when their naval muscle was unmatched, so the other party was basically negotiating under constant threat for their lives. After the rest of the world caught up, their record is indeed more checkered.
• arcturus17 6y ago
  > historically bad negotiators Historically bad negotiatiors? Have we read different histories of Britain? If anything characterizes the country, it's the fact that they've been great seafarers and traders... I'd agree however that exalting this past or viewing it with rose-tinted glasses is wrong, but saying that they are historically bad negotiators? How?
  • avaldes 6y ago
    > If anything characterizes the country, it's the fact that they've been great seafarers and traders... > I'd agree however that exalting this past or viewing it with rose-tinted glasses is wrong, but saying that they are historically bad negotiators? How? Gunboat diplomacy isn't what one would call good negotiation
• taipan100 6y ago
  Britain being "historically bad negotiators" is an objectively silly thing to say