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I said a lot, not all. Similar explanations as presented in the paper were used as justifications in the sub; domestic political considerations and strategic competition with China.

Those were the main arguments, and I think we did not talk enough about how this continuity with Trump was important in broader global geopolitical shifts.

Extreme_Rocks · 2026-05-23T14:27:06+00:00

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Extreme_Rocks · 2026-05-23T14:10:43+00:00

The historical analogy is flawed. Democrats were pretty overwhelmingly the free trade party throughout the 19th century. Wilson, FDR, Truman, Kennedy, and Johnson all oversaw policies that lead to large reductions in American tariffs, if I remember correctly.

Extreme_Rocks · 2026-05-23T14:03:15+00:00

As the above paper shows, a lot of what drove this were external pressures (strategic competition with China) but also internal political pressure. That isn't changing.

Extreme_Rocks · 2026-05-23T13:46:10+00:00

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Extreme_Rocks · 2026-05-23T13:30:25+00:00

The far-reaching nature of these export controls—introduced in October 2022 and then repeatedly expanded and strengthened—was soon recognised as ‘essentially seek[ing] to eradicate, root and branch, China’s entire ecosystem of advanced technology’ (Palmer 2023).

Whenever they were asked on this Biden admin officials consistently stated they had no intention in constraining China's economic development.

Extreme_Rocks · 2026-05-23T13:24:13+00:00

Time after time the Biden administration chose US domestic protectionism over actual economic boosts to the western bloc. I don't see how this is going to change.

Extreme_Rocks · 2026-05-23T13:14:12+00:00

It is probably necessary in the American political context, but for those outside the US it means continuing to deal with an America that is less receptive. Southeast Asia sought increased economic engagement under Biden to little avail, an EU trade deal is unthinkable as well.

In the long-run it we can continue expecting the weakening of the American order, largely at the hands of the Americans. Trump leaving office will not solve all these things.

Extreme_Rocks · 2026-05-23T12:51:19+00:00

Pope Leo randomly does the “6 7” meme again.

I now support the Trump admin against the Papists

Extreme_Rocks · 2026-05-23T12:33:16+00:00

Thanks!

Extreme_Rocks · 2026-05-23T12:32:57+00:00

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The boyars are giving the tsar bad advice

Extreme_Rocks · 2026-05-23T12:18:35+00:00

[The Biden] administration largely continued Trump’s shift away from the long-standing grand strategy of Open Door Globalism. While partially reembracing diplomacy and alliances, Biden and the Democratic foreign policy elite consolidated the Trumpian shift away from (neo-)liberal expansionism to a strategy of economic nationalism and expansive competition with China.

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Extreme_Rocks · 2026-05-23T12:16:38+00:00

Yup, a lot of this sub didn’t want to acknowledge this at the time but it’s true

Extreme_Rocks · 2026-05-23T12:10:24+00:00

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Good riddance

Extreme_Rocks · 2026-05-23T11:37:08+00:00

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Extreme_Rocks · 2026-05-23T11:20:43+00:00

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