alvvayson, 10 months ago

Compared to Chinese subsidies for coal, EU subsidies for fossil fuels are laughable.

The bigger problem in my opinion is that China literally uses slave labour by Uyghurs.

If we are going to have free trade with a country running massive work camps, then we will have an unwinnable race to the bottom.

Obviously, that’s totally unacceptable.

And it doesn’t matter if the Uyghurs are not working in export sectors. Even if they only make products for domestic consumption, that will still make Chinese labour more competitive due to lower living costs.

Free trade without equal worker protections is just not going to work out.