'@ACrowbarEnthusiast' "Take Canada and the US for example"
Ok. Canadian government subsidizes, for example, lumber industry and US cannot use retaliatory tariffs due to free trade agreement, therefore US producers are priced out of the market.
Better yet, take US and China. With so many manufacturing lines and partners located in China, any major US company calling Taiwan "Taiwan" instead of "Chinese Taipei" invites financial trouble. Hollywood studios won't make any film critical of Chinese government or official history, or in any way questioning "territorial integrity" of China (anything involving Tibet, for example) for fear of losing profits from that market. Having your country's policies and culture manipulated by other country's quite authoritarian government via threat of economic hardship sure sounds nice.
Some relationships are good for both participants, all abusive relationships are bad for at least one participant.
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'@ACrowbarEnthusiast' "Take Canada and the US for example"
Ok. Canadian government subsidizes, for example, lumber industry and US cannot use retaliatory tariffs due to free trade agreement, therefore US producers are priced out of the market.
Better yet, take US and China. With so many manufacturing lines and partners located in China, any major US company calling Taiwan "Taiwan" instead of "Chinese Taipei" invites financial trouble. Hollywood studios won't make any film critical of Chinese government or official history, or in any way questioning "territorial integrity" of China (anything involving Tibet, for example) for fear of losing profits from that market. Having your country's policies and culture manipulated by other country's quite authoritarian government via threat of economic hardship sure sounds nice.
Some relationships are good for both participants, all abusive relationships are bad for at least one participant.