Re:China Set for Coal Expansion in Threat to Climate Goals
by sachdevap on Thursday November 21, 2019 @11:39AM
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No, it isn't just globalization. It's globalization done poorly. A level playing field wrt human rights of workers across wherever companies do business should be part of a just (in a humanitarian sense) globalization.
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Re:China Set for Coal Expansion in Threat to Climate Goals
by vkou on Thursday November 21, 2019 @11:47AM
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When we[1] were drafting trade policies back in the 90s and the 00s, we made zero effort to do globalization 'well'.
We made a lot of effort to make sure that it was done in a way that was great for the bottom line of multinationals, though.
[1] Or, more specifically, our politicians.
Re:China Set for Coal Expansion in Threat to Climate Goals
by sachdevap on Thursday November 21, 2019 @11:49AM
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Precisely this. Trade negotiations by their nature are written by the winners, and until the voters wise up to this, we are doomed to repeat these mistakes.
Re:China Set for Coal Expansion in Threat to Climate Goals
by derg on Thursday November 21, 2019 @11:50AM
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I would argue that it was done well because of that, not in spite of that.
The bottom line was the only thing that ever mattered.
Re:China Set for Coal Expansion in Threat to Climate Goals
by andrewksl on Thursday November 21, 2019 @12:38PM
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Absolutely, but there don’t have to be human rights violations in order for a country with lower costs of living to be a more attractive host for manufacturing than one with a higher cost of living.