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Sanctions only work when imposed by a stronger country on a weaker one. Ecuador, for example, cannot impose sanctions on the U.S. For this reason, it is quick
by lisper 5y ago
Sanctions only work when imposed by a stronger country on a weaker one. Ecuador, for example, cannot impose sanctions on the U.S. For this reason, it is quickly becoming unfeasible to impose sanctions on China. Imposing effective sanctions on Russia is already hard enough, and Russia's economy is much smaller than China's.
- pydry 5y agoChina has hinted before at imposing sanctions on the US. It's the first country that has been able to make that threat credibly in.... ohhh, a long long time.
- sudosysgen 5y agoThey've imposed sanctions on US weapon companies recently. Soon once their domestic airplanes are semi-competitive with Airbus, they may even sanction Boeing.
- 2OEH8eoCRo0 5y agoThis is what I suspected would happen once the US sanctioned Russia.
- stickfigure 5y agoWhat would that even mean? https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_the_largest_trading_partners_of_China https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_the_largest_trading_pa... China is heavily dependent on trade with The West, in a way that The West is not dependent upon China. And that doesn't factor in Asian economies like Japan, Korea, Taiwan, and Vietnam that are generally likely to side against China.
- lazide 5y agoThat ship sailed awhile ago - as was quite clear during the Trump admin, the US can't effectively apply sanctions to China, and even moderate trade disagreements didn't actually go the way the US wanted it to. Additionally, if you want to see a crushing economic situation, imagine if China started to raise prices during already high USD inflation.