SpokenTruth said:
And finally, you (and Trump) need to recognize that we are a global market. You cannot isolate yourself anymore. That ship sailed decades ago.
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Nah, China is proof that a nation only needs to globalize at the bare minimum so that they can see an inward flux of IP transfer. After all, China bans google services, facebook, twitter, etc among other US based services so their pretty damn isolated ...
China for all practical intents and purposes is an exceptional success story of how a single country can innovate in all complex industries like semiconductors, telecommunications, nuclear power, and high speed rails. Pretty soon, they'll have an independent aerospace technology and biotechnology sector so that no amount of trade 'embargo' from the west or it's allies will ever do any damage to China ...
Personally, I don't think we should empower China any further than we have to. It would be bad news if China stopped it's dependence on western technology because now they truly have an option to not cooperate with America or it's allies ...