Re:US to ban transactions with ByteDance and WeChat in 45 days
by oceanplexian on Friday August 07, 2020 @12:21PM
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I stand for free trade, but it's not "free" when trading with a country that doesn't share our values. How someone can advocate for a minimum wage or health and safety protections for a European or US company, but then turn around and advocate trading with a country with no such protections baffles me. There is no outcome except that our economy will become disadvantaged while at the same time encouraging the erosion of democracy and human rights around the world.
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Re:US to ban transactions with ByteDance and WeChat in 45 days
by beaunative on Friday August 07, 2020 @05:57PM
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This isn't free trade. There would be no point of other countries existence if they share same values. The reason so many countries exists is because they don't share the same values. The US famously fought its independence war because it doesn't share british values where there is no delegation even paying taxes for colonies