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[–] SeventyTwoTrillion@hexbear.net 23 points 9 months ago (1 children)

it's literally just protectionist policies by the US that have to be justified by something else for whatever reason

[–] yogthos@lemmygrad.ml 14 points 9 months ago* (last edited 9 months ago) (1 children)

Exactly, US created this whole free trade narrative and now they want to circumvent it and need ways to justify that.

[–] redtea@lemmygrad.ml 8 points 9 months ago

They've always been willing to pull up the ladder, as Ha Joon Chang puts it.