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> This wasn't some sort of nefarious Chinese plot. No need to put 'nefarious' in there, or 'plot' even, but it was a goal. If not, then why did they want to jo
by Eisenstein 4y ago
> This wasn't some sort of nefarious Chinese plot.
No need to put 'nefarious' in there, or 'plot' even, but it was a goal. If not, then why did they want to join the WTO so badly?
- DiogenesKynikos 4y agoThey wanted to join the WTO so that their exports wouldn't be subject to high tariffs and other barriers. The issue is that there were no > Chinese strategic efforts to locate our industrial production there There was a Chinese policy of encouraging foreign investment, but that's not a strategic plan to remove another country's industrial capacity, which is how OP framed it.