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Re:The fraying of the U.S. global currency reserve system by ralph84 on Sunday December 13, 2020 @02:16PM (#25409224)
China treats workers like shit and the environment like shit. The US wouldn’t win a race to the bottom and shouldn’t try.

Instead companies who manufacture in China should be taxed at much higher rates to account for the negative externalities they benefit from otherwise.

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Re:The fraying of the U.S. global currency reserve system by stjohnswarts on Sunday December 13, 2020 @09:39PM (#25412930)
we could if environmental and personal costs were factored into prices. The woudl take a lot of political will that I don't think we have though
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