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China ready to drop all tariffs on African imports

c/world · u/schizoidman@lemm.ee · 151 points

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u/protist@mander.xyz · 3 points

Is free trade an attempt at _no_ control? You'll find a lot of people who disagree with you, especially on the left. I'm just saying I think your argument is a serious oversimplification.

u/untakenusername@sh.itjust.works · 12 points

I'm pretty sure almost all nations have tariffs on each other, except for countries in the EU and things like that

they might not be much, but they exist

u/Ledericas@lemm.ee · 0 points

Russia is largely responsible for the massive amount of propaganda via culture wars that prevents the r and d working together. Yes billionaires in the US are too, but RU does the lionshare and advises the US ones

u/Maeve@kbin.earth · 9 points

fighting each other

And wars all over the globe, including proxy wars.

u/Squizzy@lemmy.world · 4 points

They built soft power while the orange *removed* did Russias bidding and ruined Americas

u/mriswith@lemmy.world · 3 points

Yeah it's often overlooked that one of the main struggles have been local infrastructure and production to make African countries self-sufficient. And with over a decade of Chinese infrastructure like modern roads able to handle trucks being built, and removal of these tariffs. It opens the door to expand production and long term growth.

There are of course negative aspects involved, but it's still a potential game changer when it comes to global trade and production.

u/eagleeyedtiger@lemmy.nz · 26 points

Yeah.. China's been busy expanding their Belt and Road initiative across the developing world for the last decade. Meanwhile the US has spent the time fighting each other every election cycle.

u/cabron_offsets@lemmy.world · 62 points

China is going to fucking kick our asses. They’re thinking strategically while we’re fucking about with our thumbs in our asses.

Republicans are swine.