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Joe Biden on Twitter: "I just imposed a series of tariffs on goods made in China" (twitter.com)
submitted 2 years ago by to c/chapotraphouse@hexbear.net
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Bleh.

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[–] 57 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago) (7 children)

If you actually cared to compete with China you would join the technology arms race by investing heavily into it instead of banning superior competitors. If state intervention does positively affect technological progress instead of just pure competition, then neoliberal ideology is wrong and should be abandoned.

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  • [–] 43 points 2 years ago

    They had a 2 decade head start on China to have a green industrial revolution but China managed to have their actual industrial revolution and now also a green one in the time we went from electing a president that thinks windmills cause cancer to electing that same guy president again.

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  • [–] [S] 31 points 2 years ago (5 children)

    Yeah, this is basically putting a weight on your opponent and calling it a win.

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  • [–] 44 points 2 years ago (4 children)

    China's not paying more for anything and this just means they'll export more stuff to the global south and build those relationships.

    This is putting a weigh around your self and calling it a win.
    In a swimming race.

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