1. Funny because it was a stance of most non-western countries before Trump. I rolled my eye back the about it, but I was younger and more stupid. Now I can just say that irony in strong in that one.RegisterMe wrote: ↑Wed, 18. Nov 20, 22:42@mr.Who
1. I've never seen that behaviour to be honest. Anybody who describes the WTO as an "imperialist tool of America" doesn't know what they're talking about.
3. Yeah, in the broad scale of things I think some scepticism is in order here, however Obama, literally, took (rightly) personal credit for getting China to sign up. That's no small thing. He did it. Nobody else.
4. I disagree.
5. No. He did not. The fact that he says he did is irrelevant.
6. Sorry, that's... somewhere between over simplistic and outright wrong. It just doesn't fly. I'm tired, and god knows I've written enough long posts on this forum about economics down the years. Still, if you're interested, and if I have the time / energy I can go into it in more detail (tomorrow though).
7. The WHO is a mess. But in large part that is down to the US (refusing to appoint new judges to adjudicate decisions so making it not quorum). Is the best way to deal with it to take your ball and walk away sulking, or to sit down, role your sleaves up, and get stuck in trying to fix it?
3. I might be biased as Polish, but we have bad experince with people signing some grand diplomatic papers and then totally not abiding by them. Obama making China sign it doesn't mean a shit if China do not abide by it. They still don't abide it. the only difference is that this year they actually set a goal to actually move in that direction - wonder how's that Obama sucess?
4. elaborate.
5. The fact that final deal didn't come into effect is more on Congress side.
6. This is more academical discussion - you would be right if China would act as good faith actor. It like saying some things do not work because they don't work between law abiding citizens...while you try apply the comparison for mafia members. They simply abide by different standard which will work for them even, if it shouldn't work normally for us. West tried to deal with China using western standards and failed. Ujgurs, Tibet, Hong Kong you have plenty examples political, economical and diplomatical.
7. Then we agree on this. This one is clear on Trump.
Same here, it's quite late and I'm making more spelling errors than usual :/RegisterMe wrote: ↑Wed, 18. Nov 20, 22:42Still, if you're interested, and if I have the time / energy I can go into it in more detail (tomorrow though).