Just because we can wage a trade war doesn’t mean we can win it.
The fact that we have an unfair trade agreement with China now, in no way means that a trade war will necessarily be to our benefit. I imagine it’s going to damage our economy quite a bit, and do the same for China.
You mention that inaction would be “pathetic” which may be the case. And if we want to do something about it, we can, but it doesn’t mean the US or the world will better off for doing so.
Just look at Iraq. For sure, there was a horrible dictator there who committed genocide and other terrible things. So the US acted. Was it a success? Was it the best possible use of those trillions of dollars? Who knows, but I suspect not.
Just because there is a wrong in the world doesn’t mean that we definitely have the means to fix it.
The fact that we have an unfair trade agreement with China now, in no way means that a trade war will necessarily be to our benefit. I imagine it’s going to damage our economy quite a bit, and do the same for China.
You mention that inaction would be “pathetic” which may be the case. And if we want to do something about it, we can, but it doesn’t mean the US or the world will better off for doing so.
Just look at Iraq. For sure, there was a horrible dictator there who committed genocide and other terrible things. So the US acted. Was it a success? Was it the best possible use of those trillions of dollars? Who knows, but I suspect not.
Just because there is a wrong in the world doesn’t mean that we definitely have the means to fix it.
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