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[–] T00l_shed@lemmy.world 25 points 1 day ago (2 children)

Its not trading one despot for another, its just reducing the reliance on the one despot that is closest to home.

[–] assaultpotato@sh.itjust.works 24 points 1 day ago (1 children)

I really dislike that framing that a lot of people are pushing, which is (imo) very disingenuous. The framing is that we're "trading" one big trade partner for another, and I've seen it everywhere from lefty Lemmy users to Pierre voters.

You're 100% correct that we're simply adding another trade partner and diversifying our options as we've done with many middle powers over the recent months. The goal is that no single trade partner should be 70% of our exports like the US has been historically and it irks me when I see people argue that we're just changing our the US for China as though we're only allowed one trade partner at a time.

[–] Typhoon@lemmy.ca 6 points 1 day ago

Yes, we're diversifying not trading.

[–] ValueSubtracted@startrek.website 9 points 1 day ago (1 children)

His framing isn't quite what the headline may imply - he's just saying the US should probably stop waging trade wars.

[–] T00l_shed@lemmy.world 5 points 1 day ago* (last edited 1 day ago)

Yes, they should stop waging wars