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This being the same USA that caps foreign ownership of airlines to 25%, for example. And which country was built on unlicensed use of European IP...

No country or bloc has a truly free market. Even the EU has rules preferring and protecting indigenous companies. Criticising China alone is just hypocrisy.

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China is by far the worst offender. Their laws resemble a developing economy while they are significantly industrialized. Make no mistake that the majority of the US including the Democratic congress support Trump on the goals -- if not 100% on the methods.

Quite stupidly the US picked a trade battle with Canada and the UK/EU before going after China. Trump's administration had the termidity to call Canada a security threat while the air defence of the US mainland's second in command is a Canadian General.

Don't assume you talk for the majority without statistics to back it up. Make no mistake, this "Trade War" has the same implications as a real war. The only ones who will eventually suffer are poorest members of our society.

China is an offender in the eyes of the usa. They are free to have their own policies. They also have every right to have their own policies around IPs and patents.

Now that it makes people unhappy in the US, I get it, it's a different mindset. But as much as the US has the right to disagree with China's policies and vision, China has every right to disagree with the US one. The US government as every right to try to protect its market but China has every right to fight back.

"termidity"

What exactly does that mean?

It's not hypocrisy, it's playing by the same rules: China bans US tech companies, US bans a China equipment company.

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