alt Hacker NewsThis is one view. Another view is that maintaining economic interdependence between countries — aside from making both countries richer via specialization and comparative advantage — is a great way to incentivize cooperation and prevent them from killing each other.
Examples here: https://www.hoover.org/research/when-trade-wars-become-shoot...
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edgyquant • today at 12:15 AM
Regardless the analogy of grocery shopping falls apart and shows a total lack of understanding the other sides worldview
Needs to be two-way though. What if we rely on China, but they don't rely on us? Well then they can destroy us at any moment. It needs to be MAD to be a deterrent.