Singapore Urges U.S. to Accept China's Rise, Spare Other Nations

Re:Singapore Urges U.S. to Accept China's Rise, Spare Other ... by thefounder on Thursday May 16, 2019 @05:01AM (#19927302)

US seems to promote free trade for the industries it controls. When it looses to competition it invokes national security, military intervention etc...Trump made clear what was already known.

I am a free trade believer but you must be stupid not to see that US doesn't want free trade. It wants free trade where it works for them, their "free trade", in US dollars of course. If you compete with the US you become a foe, an enemy.

"We must protect our country and our workers. Our steel industry is in bad shape. IF YOU DON’T HAVE STEEL, YOU DON’T HAVE A COUNTRY!"

"I think the European Union is a foe, what they do to us in trade. Now you wouldn't think of the European Union but they're a foe"

"There's a lot of anger at the fact that Germany is paying Russia billions of dollars."

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Re:Singapore Urges U.S. to Accept China's Rise, Spare Other ... by tomp on Thursday May 16, 2019 @06:21AM (#19927666)

It's more like, if you don't have steel/oil/planes/guns/CPUs you don't have an army (or more specifically, producers of the above can deny you resources when you need them most, in war).

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Re:Singapore Urges U.S. to Accept China's Rise, Spare Other ... by AsyncAwait on Thursday May 16, 2019 @06:24AM (#19927673)

As an example, this is why Russia has rushed to finish GLONASS, (GPS was disrupted for them in 2008) & why China and the EU are working towards the same goal.

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Re:Singapore Urges U.S. to Accept China's Rise, Spare Other ... by thefounder on Thursday May 16, 2019 @09:11AM (#19928655)

You could argue the same with anything: food, energy, cars, electronics etc... In time of war everything counts but I thought we are not at war...are we? Is it free trade, fair justice, human rights etc or "national security" and "our interests"?

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