In all the screaming about tariffs, very few people are willing to point the finger at the real problem here, which is a very scary and increasingly dictatorial China.https://www.wsj.com/articles/if-you-want-to-do-business-in-china-mind-your-ts-taiwan-and-tibet-1527937201 …
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Chinese military aggression, theft of technology, and assertive censorship all over the world is an emergency.https://www.wsj.com/articles/mattis-says-u-s-remains-committed-to-allies-in-asia-1527906395 …
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Many of the tariffs, like those targeted at the Europeans, are actually oriented around stopping the EU's coddling of Chinese steel and aluminum subsidization. China is trying to monopolize the production of basic commodities. This is dangerous stuff.
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Trump's re-imposition of tariffs on Chinese technology goods is necessary, the way he's doing it is embarrassing. But the $500M Chinese financing of a Trump project in Malaysia what what seems to be allowing ZTE to break the law looks like like a crime.
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The genuine America chauvinists are people who refuse to see in Chinese aggression a actual threat to displace the West and turn us into an agricultural colony. It's beyond their imagination because they don't respect China as a powerful assertive country with real agency.
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The Europeans and the Canadians know this, but they are too stupid, cowardly, and invested in China to work with us on the problem. Same with Wall Street, which is selling us out to China. Trump gives all these people a self-righteous excuse.
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Why is the West different from China? Rule of law. The complaints against Chinese dumping are sourced and clear, and there's due process. The Chinese Communists simply do whatever they want to respond. These are not compatible systems.
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The Europeans are quietly just cowards.https://twitter.com/jojjeols/status/1002524985640882176 …
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Jojje OlssonVerified account @jojjeolsTaiwanese students who are entering Norway with Taiwan passports get their status changed to "Chinese nationals" when they enroll at Norwegian universities, or won't be allowed to study there. New low of Nordic countries kowtowing to China.@larsstroman@CarolineSzyber@frick https://twitter.com/michaelcaster/status/1002398267152297984 …9 replies 17 retweets 60 likesShow this thread -
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lol. western europe has been an american protectorate since '45. american empire has grown dysfunctional. it's no wonder they might think the grass is greener
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it would probably be better/at least more interesting if they were to reassert independence rather than find a new master but their spirit is broken by now
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Replying to @alicemazzy @matthewstoller
if you care about global american hegemony the project to focus on is reforming american imperial institutions, not blaming vassals for acting like vassals
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