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Re:Trump Moves to Ban Foreign Telecom Gear, Targeting Huawei... by jeffdavis on Wednesday May 15, 2019 @07:26PM (#19924758)
I am, for the most part, a free-trade advocate.

But I have been having more and more doubts when it comes to China. Free trade has not made China a more free place. It looks like they are just using their economic power to hurt freedom everywhere.

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Re:Trump Moves to Ban Foreign Telecom Gear, Targeting Huawei... by tomp on Wednesday May 15, 2019 @08:29PM (#19925099)
Also, there are many limits to free trade. E.g. constant WTO lawsuits regarding one country subsidizing their own corporations. You could easily claim that all Chinese corporations are state-sponsored...
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