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Originally Posted by powerclown
I agree with irate.
To have any type of growth, you'll need to TRADE with other nations. What is the point of sitting on a mountain of treasure if you can't sell it to someone. Someone preferably with ALOT of money, who will continue to buy, and continue to enrich you and your country.
Once Widgetistan is opened up to international trade, it no longer dictates the rules.
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About Iran, its not, will the US allow Iran to develop wmd, its will the World allow Iran to develop wmd? The US is doing a lot of talking, to scare Iran, but there'll be no US invasion, imo. Not under Bush's watch anyway - not in the next 4 years.
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The economies of Asia are fine to support an up-and-coming little nation. Besides, the claims you make assume a lot about Widgetstan. Widgetstan's government might have full control over trade, both domestic and international. If that's the case, it can easily dictate the rules. Maybe Widgetstan creates widgets, a new computer that costs $20 and can outperform most supercomputers. It sells them to China, Japan (who reverse engineers it, makes it look like anime, and sells it for $15), Russia, and Australia. Just China, Japan, or Australia would be enough to put a ton of money into the Widgetstanian econemy.
I won't be surprised when the US attacks Iran.
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Originally Posted by Seaver
Anyways economics doesnt quite work like that. Countries want to do business with us because we have the most money to throw around. You could decide to trade only with China and that'd be fine, you'd just be missing out on a very big opportunity. If your industry got to the size to pull US interests it meant that you have an opportunity to make much more money with dealing with the US.
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First off, that is the way economics work. A government with a lot of power can easily control who they trade with, whether the country is a powerful economic presence or not. The point is that you will trade with America if America wants on of your resources whether you want to or not. That's not freedom.