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So you think we should be copying Chinese policy decisions?
by CameronNemo 3y ago
So you think we should be copying Chinese policy decisions?
- paxys 3y agoGo read up on how the WTO works. We do this already for literally everything else, as does the rest of the world. The real issue is that when it comes to technology/software the policy makers have their heads in the sand.
- CameronNemo 3y agoYou're telling an international relations major to read about the WTO lol. I've been read. And just because the US is transactional with their other trade decisions doesn't make it good policy.
- flappyeagle 3y ago[flagged]
- cmdli 3y agoTrade should be reciprocal, that's how most trade decisions work. If you add a tariff to foreign goods, it's expected that the other party will add a tariff as well.
- CameronNemo 3y agoUnilateral trade liberalization is definitely a thing and can have positive effects for the country that liberalizes.
- kelnos 3y agoWe're not talking about "trade" here. We're talking about not allowing US citizens/residents access to media that they want to access, regardless of whether or not it is "good for them". What does that remind us of? The USSR during the cold war? China, today? No thank you. I think it would be totally fine to use financial controls to, say, ban US users from buying things from ByteDance. But consuming free media should never be restricted just because it comes from a country you don't like.