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Well, yeah, free trade agreements are generally reciprocal. Here's the original article for the curious: https://www.cnbc.com/2018/05/30/us-and-rwanda-trade-di
by samatman 2y ago
Well, yeah, free trade agreements are generally reciprocal. Here's the original article for the curious:
https://www.cnbc.com/2018/05/30/us-and-rwanda-trade-dispute-over-second-hand-clothes.html https://www.cnbc.com/2018/05/30/us-and-rwanda-trade-dispute-...
Some East African countries wanted to impose tariffs on US exports, and were told that would mean losing duty-free trade with the US. Rwanda decided it was worth it to protect local industry. Stripped of all the paternalism and Trumpenfury, that's the whole story.