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No good can come to what you proposeOut of concern for the common good?
You are describing mercantilism primarily in manufactured productsThey are not. The trade is fair but it's the subsidies which say farmers get, which are distorting the real cost of production.Why should American or Brits accept a lower standard of living?The US is in an awkward place,as are the majority of Westen nations. Free trade will see a levelling up in the developing world alongside a levelling down in the West. Trump is the King of Random Tariffs and has placed the US in opposition to free trade.
Sometimes to meet trade prices the product is sold below the COP and the taxpayers picks up the tab.
I doubt ANYONE (you included) is concerned about the "common good."Out of concern for the common good?
They have put 100% of their efforts into dominating manufacturing by subsidizing/using slave labor to put US and other western competitors out of business.You are describing mercantilism primarily in manufactured productsThey are not. The trade is fair but it's the subsidies which say farmers get, which are distorting the real cost of production.Why should American or Brits accept a lower standard of living?The US is in an awkward place,as are the majority of Westen nations. Free trade will see a levelling up in the developing world alongside a levelling down in the West. Trump is the King of Random Tariffs and has placed the US in opposition to free trade.
Sometimes to meet trade prices the product is sold below the COP and the taxpayers picks up the tab.
The goal is to destroy foreign competition and take over foreign markets
Which is what china is doing go the western nations
And its very harmful to our interests
You just made all that up.No good can come to what you proposeOut of concern for the common good?
The wealthy developed world is less than 10 % of the total population
This “leveling” that you want would be like pouring a bottle of ink onto a swimming pool and expecting a color change
The advanced world would be impoverished without any noticeable improvement in the rest of the world
Thats a definite step back for mankind
Oh, I think they'd notice it. But I understand the US is founded on self interest. No worries.The advanced world would be impoverished without any noticeable improvement in the rest of the world
I'm content to have my standard of living reduced by efforts this country makes toward the common good both domestically and internationally. I understand that's not the American ethos, no worries.I doubt ANYONE (you included) is concerned about the "common good."
The problem with this statement is that it is all talk. And there is no way in the pit of hell people in power will tolerate a lowered standard of living, so it's a no-go from the get-go.I'm content to have my standard of living reduced by efforts this country makes toward the common good both domestically and internationally. I understand that's not the American ethos, no worries.I doubt ANYONE (you included) is concerned about the "common good."
Except for when the govt assigns funds to the supposed common good or asks for sacrifices to overcome pandemics, you're exactly right. Except for that.The problem with this statement is that it is all talk.
Well, that is the American way, no argument.And there is no way in the pit of hell people in power will tolerate a lowered standard of living, so it's a no-go from the get-go.
You are describing mercantilism primarily in manufactured productsThey are not. The trade is fair but it's the subsidies which say farmers get, which are distorting the real cost of production.Why should American or Brits accept a lower standard of living?The US is in an awkward place,as are the majority of Westen nations. Free trade will see a levelling up in the developing world alongside a levelling down in the West. Trump is the King of Random Tariffs and has placed the US in opposition to free trade.
Sometimes to meet trade prices the product is sold below the COP and the taxpayers picks up the tab.
The goal is to destroy foreign competition and take over foreign markets
Which is what china is doing go the western nations
And its very harmful to our interests
No one said china wants to destroy peopleChina don't want to destroy people who buy their products. That's an absurd business model.
Global trade is a hot topic of the G7 summit in Canada. Is free trade truly free - and fair? What roles do US President Trump, economic powerhouse China, and the EU play in global trade?
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the debate over globalism is not just an American issue
How leftist of you.
This is the same argument the left has made for decades.
Commie.
The world is bigger than China. You seem obsessed with the Chinese.Ireland and Portugal are not communist chinaLook at the effect that the EU has had on the more backward economies in Europe. Ireland and Portugal come to mind.
They are not dictatorships bent on total domination of europe
www.worldometers.info
Bentley is a status symbolMy friend works for Bentley the car makers. They are working flat out to meet demand from chinese buyers who cant get enough of their cars. He reckons that they are keeping this firm going.
Obviously they would not be able to buy these cars if their economy hadnt levelled up
who was that? China is communists, they don't allow free speech, why the fk do you think they wish to take Hong Kong down? you don't get out much.we were sold a bill of goods that if the Chinese people working these factories got a taste of money and capitalism and higher incomes than what they were making and surviving on before the westernized world trading with them, that they would choose capitalism over communism and revolt against their Communist leaders....
you love you some communism do you?The world is bigger than China. You seem obsessed with the Chinese.
