> not financially motivated decision Ensuring availability of goods? David Ricardo never said that England should depend on Portugal for wine, and Portugal on

> not financially motivated decision Ensuring availability of goods? David Ricardo never said that England should depend on Portugal for wine, and Portugal on England for clothes. Edit: apologies, I read the original point as referred to the USA as a decisor, not to Taiwan (as the poster intended). The former point remains, about the clear opportunity for strengthening ties.