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> sat on their thrones and levied tributes from every farflung nation You mean, like the US is now doing?
by coliveira 1y ago
> sat on their thrones and levied tributes from every farflung nation
You mean, like the US is now doing?
- fakedang 1y agoNope. Would have been the case if the US imposed usage taxes on foreign users of its goods and services, like tech products and cloud services, but that's not what's happening. The Chinese tributes were more like payments for the right to trade those goods (which were separate from the cost of goods itself). That's why when the European traders arrived in China, the Emperor simply thought that they were another tributary state seeking protection and trade rights.
- coliveira 1y agoThe US is imposing terms on foreign countries for use of its goods, that's what the chips restrictions are all about.