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Re:Apple has started production of iPhone SE in India by shas3 on Wednesday May 17, 2017 @01:01PM (#14360382)
Jagadish Bhagwati of Columbia has a ton to say about how India screwed up on trade. Basically there are many trade-unfriendly laws dating back to 60s and 70s which are hard and slow to undo because they have to be done via parliamentary procedures (kinda how Congressional gridlock makes lawmaking slow in the US). Here's a good interview of his with Russ Roberts on Econtalk: http://www.econtalk.org/archives/2013/08/bhagwati_on_ind.htm...

Edit: this is in contrast to China where laws are made by diktats.

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Re:Apple has started production of iPhone SE in India by valarauca1 on Wednesday May 17, 2017 @05:16PM (#14362856) 

     where laws are made by diktats
Diktats implies the popular consent of the people isn't taken into the consideration by the CCP when forming policy. This is a very western-liberal-repulic centric view point and is flawed. The CCP actively considers _what_ is wanted and _how_ to achieve it. Simply because people do not vote doesn't mean they aren't considered.

Citation: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mass_line

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