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Re:RCEP, the world’s biggest trade agreement by AnHonestComment on Monday November 16, 2020 @02:21AM (#25109042)
Most people aren’t free trade absolutists — they want a mixture of free trade and national security.

One example is US ITAR restrictions, which prevent certain technologies being exported.

Another is looking to protect local food supplies against foreign competition — eg, dairy co-ops from foreign mega farms.

There’s lots of empirical evidence that a mixed system is more stable with little to no loss to innovation.

Most recently, COVID demonstrated the problem with foreign supply chains.

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