Trump’s WeChat curbs halted by judge on free speech concerns
When trying to understand China's commercial policies which America is supposedly retaliating against, consider that China has experienced a different mercantile history to America.<p>America has never been invaded by foreign gunships and forced to allow foreign merchants to import opium to addict its citizens in order to fix their own countries balance of payments problems.<p>Opium Wars<p><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Opium_Wars" rel="nofollow">https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Opium_Wars</a><p>If America were to experience something like that, how might the experience change America's future commercial policies?<p>If Pearl Harbour and 9/11 are any guide, America might become less tolerant of foreign businesses operating in its markets.<p>But then, America is a complicated marketplace.<p>The Promotion and Marketing of OxyContin: Commercial Triumph, Public Health Tragedy<p><a href="https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC2622774/" rel="nofollow">https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC2622774/</a>