Re:State Support Helped Fuel Huawei’s Global Rise
by remarkEon on Wednesday December 25, 2019 @12:16PM
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That trillion dollars for “defense” also includes keeping global shipping lanes open and maintaining a military able to respond to existing treaty commitments across Europe. Seems to be a reasonable deal for some of they money to stay here in US companies if we’re paying for so much of others’ security abroad.
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Re:State Support Helped Fuel Huawei’s Global Rise
by pm90 on Wednesday December 25, 2019 @12:33PM
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The global shipping lanes are kept open for US and US ally interests for which the US is compensated. Every country that has a US base on their soil pays the US military for being there (exceptions being war ravaged or active battle zones)
Re:State Support Helped Fuel Huawei’s Global Rise
by remarkEon on Wednesday December 25, 2019 @02:46PM
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What they pay does not offset the total costs of maintaining these facilities, and these allies still levy significant import duties on US goods that traverse these shipping lanes, so I don’t know what point you’re trying to make other than pendantry.