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Originally Posted by FlamesAddiction
I like the idea of targeted sanctions on powerful individuals that do business in Canada, and then let them petition their government. China is such a large and powerful country compared to Canada that broad sanctions aren't going to be that useful. Their overall economy doesn't need us.
Canada did something similar with Myanmar this time around. About 15-20 years ago, Canada imposed sanctions that hurt some small villages that housed Canadian companies, but the ruling elite didn't feel it, which is often the case with sanctions.
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Here's the deal though, China's economy is bouncing back, but not as fast as they thought it would. On top of that, a lot of the stuff that China buys internationally, Oil, Grain, weapons and electronic technology all requires hard currency. So China's always going to be on the razors edge in terms of their strategic currency.
Even a small bite can hurt.
I like the idea of individual bans and sanctions on government officials, but it should be extended to some of the business leaders here and in China that are intently linked to the CCP. Sanction these individuals or make it hard to sell their goods, and those will be the agents of change.
You want to send a hard shot across the bow, finally answer the question on Huwei banning it from 5G implementation, that would certainly help us with our allies, It would deny the Chinese intelligence services a huge intelligence gathering opportunity, and it would resonate with the CCP because Huwei is intimate with the CCP.
I mean frankly China can keep hurting us, they are in a sense bad international trading partners with every nation in the world. For them trade isn't trade, its you buy our stuff, we'll steal your patents and won't give you full access to our markets unless its for raw resources.
They literally built their economy on the concept of being anti-fair trade.
So yeah, sanction the individuals, but also every nation when it comes time to sit down with China to negotiate trade deals needs to take a hard line in the sand approach. If you won't give us access to your markets, we'll open our markets up and incentivize your competitor nations.