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General reciprocity is a bad idea, because many laws suck and are a net bad for the country implementing them. Reciprocal tariffs are common, but harmful to the
by Matticus_Rex 2y ago
General reciprocity is a bad idea, because many laws suck and are a net bad for the country implementing them. Reciprocal tariffs are common, but harmful to the countries that implement them — if you're in a boat and the other guy shoots a hole in it, you don't get back at him by shooting another hold in the boat, and the threat of reciprocal tariffs usually doesn't work to get the original tariffs rescinded.
- ChadBrogramer69 2y ago[flagged]
- edmundsauto 2y agoI think it's more about the game theory of (MAD) than actual impact. The ideal state is reputation of reciprocity without actually having to do it. But because the US has a policy of openness / rich people in the US want to sell stuff made cheaply... it's fairly one way. In the 1970s, the USSR would literally just buy the latest US chips. No need for much crazy subterfuge and honeypots - go to conference, find someone with chips who likes cash, and buy them. That's what led to the crypto bans in the 1990s, where software that implemented cryptographic technology couldn't be exported - as if bits cared much about crossing borders and clickwraps!