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Trump leaves stage but tune still reverberates

By Chris Lewis - posted Monday, 15 February 2021


With German exports of goods to the United States in 2019 hitting an all-time high in 2019, with Germany benefiting from the US trade war with China as German exports became cheaper and benefited from the US massive deficit spending and tax cuts, the US remained Germany's biggest export market with China third (growing by 3.2%).

The situation is also complicated in poorer democracies who must try to balance economic and security needs. For example, during January 2021, the governor of the involved Philippine province cancelled a $10.2 billion development of the existing Manila airport, which was led by the China Communications Construction Company, within four months of the chief of the Philippines Navy noting that the required relocation of the Sangley Point naval station would leave the Philippine capital exposed to attack as it faced the disputed South China Sea.

To conclude, it remains to be seen how each advanced and developing democracy responds to the growing influence of the CCP.

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We may well be living at a time when the golden age of liberal democracy is being eroded in terms of the influence of various international institutions, as many nations are now influenced by the duality of two powerful national examples representing democracy (the US) and authoritarianism (China).

It may also be that China (under the CCP) will continue to prosper and infiltrate the policy decisions of many recipient countries who choose to become increasingly dependent upon China, and any social dissent in such countries may be crushed by corrupt regimes eager to temper any domestic sentiment for a more democratic alternative.

But, with Trump rightfully giving the China issue much greater attention, the rise of the CCP is a no brainer. It is a danger to the world, and no liberal democracy of any worth should tolerate or accept it.

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Chris Lewis, who completed a First Class Honours degree and PhD (Commonwealth scholarship) at Monash University, has an interest in all economic, social and environmental issues, but believes that the struggle for the ‘right’ policy mix remains an elusive goal in such a complex and competitive world.

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