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> The Chinese state will never be satisfied being one powerful economic actor amongst others, all playing by the rules of a global market. They will never accept being checked by laws of trade or other country's interests, any more than they will tolerate being checked by democratic accountability or rule of law.

The same could be said about the US i guess. It's the EU that looks like a naive child on the World Stage...

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> The same could be said about the US i guess. It's the EU that looks like a naive child on the World Stage...

Sad but true. As a European I feel embarassed seeing that American, Russian, and Chinese leaders are all carefully protecting their practical interests whereas European leaders seem more concerned with pushing their idealogical dream.

There are very few practical problems for foreign companies to establish, operate, and sometimes dominate in the U.S. market.

Sure, but good luck trying to sue the USG for war crimes at the ICC in Den Haag.

As opposed to "naive child" of EU? Was anyone from the UK tried at the ICC for Iraq war? Anyone from Belgium held responsible for Congo yet? I mean, they have Hague real close, shouldn't be a problem..

That seems, at best, orthogonal to the issue of foreign investment and business.

Less than China but we still have tricks up out sleeves. Western firms love removing European money from their pockets.

> World Stage

Come again? Try switching off the news for a while.

The world doesn't need an elite to run, the plebes run it just fine.

There isn't a "World Stage".

So you say that the trade policies of nations and trade unions like the EU are not actions and positions that have to be viewed in their respective geopolitical climate?

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