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There are all kinds of forms of cooperation between countries: economic, political, financial, scientific, legal, regulatory, transportation, trade, military, e
by awb 5y ago
There are all kinds of forms of cooperation between countries: economic, political, financial, scientific, legal, regulatory, transportation, trade, military, etc.
One option instead of full scale invasion is to cut back or attach strings to some of those forms of cooperation.
This happens all the time.
In this specific scenario, it might look like: Spend $100M upgrading Wuhan lab security and we won’t indefinitely ban travel from Wuhan Province to the US.
Or, more aggressively: Shut down the Wuhan lab or we will release tons of hacked data about corruption in the government.
Not saying that these are smart options, but you get the idea of the spectrum of options between total absolution and total aggression.
- bobwaycott 5y ago> There are all kinds of forms of cooperation between countries: economic, political, financial, scientific, legal, regulatory, transportation, trade, military, etc. Oh, for sure. Those are certainly the broad categories of foreign policy and cooperative (and coercive) action. I appreciate the specific ideas. I really am just curious what others’ ideas are on specific actions that could be taken if there was suddenly definitive proof tomorrow of origins.
- Moru 5y agoThe world is so incredible dependent on China for just about everything from the simplest tools to cars, computers and medical equipment. My guess is that it would change nothing, we would still be letting them produce everything for us because it is so much cheaper, and keep letting them grow their economy at record speeds.