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EU chief opens door for Canada to become 'associate member'

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  1. noir_lord · · focus · HN ↗
    Good, if the middle power democracies don't align/work together they are going to get torn apart in the struggle between the US and China.
    1. 0xpgm · · focus · HN ↗
      One thing that is common about middle democracies is that prioritize a bureaucratic elite structure over an entrepreneurship culture, while both the US and China embrace entreprenuership wholeheartedly.

      If they changed that they'd perhaps become world powers themselves.

      1. ohyoutravel · · focus · HN ↗
        Didn’t China force Meta to unwind Manus? In no way is China embracing entrepreneurs wholeheartedly.
        1. monideas · · focus · HN ↗
          The US has something called CFIUS. This is normal statecraft
          1. ohyoutravel · · focus · HN ↗
            I believe Manus was a Chinese company.
            1. monideas · · focus · HN ↗
              But Meta isn’t
            2. bogdan · · focus · HN ↗
              They are saying this is normal and that the US has a similar framework by posting to it.
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