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A comment on A New Cold War Has Begun (2019).

Re:A New Cold War Has Begun (2019) by ipnon on Sunday June 07, 2020 @01:01PM (#23448733)
The low-tech economies of China and America are integrated, but what about the high-tech ones? Can American companies create sub-apps on WeChat like Chinese ones can?

As far as I know, US-Soviet trade was not comparable in scale to US-China trade. Did a lack of trade prolong the Cold War of the 20th century?

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Re:A New Cold War Has Begun (2019) by oldsklgdfth on Sunday June 07, 2020 @02:09PM (#23449291)
Trade with the USSR was very difficult. There was no use for it outside the USSR and it was forbidden to leave the country. So you couldn't just buy things from other countries.

When pepsi started selling in the USSR they traded pepsi for Stolichnaya vodka. Enentually they traded old military equipment. [0]

[0] https://www.atlasobscura.com/articles/soviet-union-pepsi-shi...

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Re:A New Cold War Has Begun (2019) by BurningFrog on Sunday June 07, 2020 @02:47PM (#23449579)
The Soviets hardly produced anything worth trading for.
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