Comment by kshri24
7 days ago
I thought it is a US led Western order that wanted free market access and that protectionism was decried as part of Communist/Socialist ideology. Clearly that order has collapsed with all the Western hypocrisy that comes with it.
Preventing your government services from being dependent on a geopolitical foe is not protectionism.
It isn’t hypocritical.
It is obviously smart statecraft.
It is clearly protectionism. You can argue that is justified, but prefering blocking foreign companies to protect your nation's own interests has a word.
> It is clearly protectionism.
You're wrong. Protectionism is an economic policy where a government tries to protect domestic businesses and industries from foreign competition.
This is not that.
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> It is obviously smart statecraft.
I don't recall Western pundits saying it is smart statecraft when China erected the Great Firewall.
> Preventing your government services from being dependent on a geopolitical foe is not protectionism.
That is exactly protectionism.