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Free trade and reciprocity agreements don't depend on a country's political leanings. You either play ball with the world or you don't. Can't have it both ways.
by paxys 3y ago
Free trade and reciprocity agreements don't depend on a country's political leanings. You either play ball with the world or you don't. Can't have it both ways.
- makeitdouble 3y ago> Can't have it both ways. You definitely can. International trade has never been a fair field, power balance will be the most impacting element in the deal you get.
- paxys 3y agoAnd this is the US exerting its power (which it should have done a long time ago).
- didjxhxhsvc 3y agoHow can free trade be unfair?
- makeitdouble 3y agoPlease define "free trade". I think that's a concept that is thorny enough to merit a word on what we mean by that. I personally don't know what it actually points at (is there any "free trade" ever happening in real life ?), or my naive interpretation would be trade with absolutely no rules, but I assume that's not what you're pointing at.