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US only loves free market if they're the winners.

• thesmtsolver2 4mo ago
  So does China. E.g., China goes beyond protectionism and even threatens other countries from doing their own strategy. https://economictimes.indiatimes.com/industry/renewables/china-wto-complain-against-india-ev-manufacturing-scheme-china-wants-india-to-stop-copying-its-playbook/articleshow/124598355.cms https://economictimes.indiatimes.com/industry/renewables/chi... https://sccei.fsi.stanford.edu/china-briefs/chinas-use-unofficial-trade-barriers-us-china-trade-war https://sccei.fsi.stanford.edu/china-briefs/chinas-use-unoff... > The authors conclude that non-tariff barriers were a primary instrument used by China in the U.S.-China trade war, with implications for China’s trade conflicts with other countries. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_websites_blocked_in_mainland_China https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_websites_blocked_in_ma... So does the EU https://ahdb.org.uk/europe-market-access-and-barriers-to-trade https://ahdb.org.uk/europe-market-access-and-barriers-to-tra... Interestingly, champions of free trade come out only when the US puts in any place the tiniest of restrictions.
• rdtsc 4mo ago
  Which free-market-loving country doesn't?
  • cromka 4mo ago
    EU as a whole? Did you see the number of mutually beneficial trade agreements they signed in past 15 years to promote free trade on either ends?
    • rdtsc 4mo ago
      But that's not a country. And in their case it's also true that policy set up by the structure can go against the interests of individual countries.