Every nation-state faces a fundamental choice: With whom will we engage in trade? What goods and services will we sell, and to whom? What will we buy, and from whom? For authoritarian regimes, where the state subsumes commercial activities, the answer is simple: Only transactions that enhance the power of the state are permitted. While this principle may […]
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Despite Trump, Xi’s China is not a leading power
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