alt Hacker NewsThe eu - just recently, sold out its agricultural sector, to stabilize the car industry. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mercosur
Everything is on the table and everything has to go. China plays the game of empires well- threaten by proxy in war, threaten by trade by having your opponents subsidies their own demise by systematic competition, without triggering the bite reflexes of systemic competition. Then get them to disintegrate by forming self-harming alliances.
> The eu - just recently, sold out its agricultural sector
1. The EU-Mercusor deal does not impact European ag in any shape or form, and much of the nativist ag discourse in the EU has been disinfo driven for years [0].
2. I clearly pointed out how the EU now has a China sized market that is paying China level prices for luxury vehicles while purchasing at Chinese luxury volumes without Chinese competition.
> Everything is on the table and everything has to go
Then go right ahead. All the barriers I pointed out are being implemented despite Trump's actions in Greenland. If the US and China are resorting to wolf warrior diplomacy, there's no point seriously engaging with either.
Either China respects the EU's positions or the EU can work with other middle powers to build both an ExChina and an ExAmerica ecosystem.
[0] - https://www.politico.eu/article/europe-farmer-protest-russia...
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Interesting how this is yet another brand new HN account pushing this kind of narrative. 3rd time in two weeks [0] after pointing out the EU doesn't have to negotiate with China as a junior partner.
[0] - https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=46856383