RCEP, the world’s biggest trade agreement

Re:RCEP, the world’s biggest trade agreement by jimbob45 on Monday November 16, 2020 @11:49AM (#25113852)

Somehow, this has become a controversial opinion. Trump had a hands-off policy to foreign affairs except where America was directly involved (tariffs, etc). I couldn’t believe that his policies were voted down this month.

I wouldn’t be surprised if Biden/Harris lands us in another Vietnam for some other moral mandate. We went to Vietnam under the pretense of stopping Communism. Just replace Communism with slavery, climate change, sexism, and it becomes plausible based on his rhetoric.

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Re:RCEP, the world’s biggest trade agreement by travisporter on Monday November 16, 2020 @12:52PM (#25114743)

Or oil in Kuwait or WMDs in Iraq, or ethnic cleansing in Bosnia.

This comment runs too close to slippery slope. Involvement does not equal war. Besides, If you survey the country about the US role in the world I’m sure many people would say they would like the US to be world leader. I personally disagree but not everyone does.

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Re:RCEP, the world’s biggest trade agreement by jimbob45 on Monday November 16, 2020 @01:52PM (#25115470)

I don’t disagree with your implication though. Even if there had been WMDs in Iraq, it would still be a case of US interventionism, which I am opposed to as previously indicated.

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