There are exceptions of course, but they are often less about "finding a niche", and more about politics. Taiwan is an important client state of the US for geopolitical strategy. Such relationships can include more favorable trade deals. I don't know much about Singapore except that that it's all about the finance "industry". Seems like it's the place where Eastern and Western billionaires can make financial transactions with each other.
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"Free trade" means big countries dominating smaller ones. In what way can a small Caribbean nation compete with the US for example? Say they have a self sustaining economy. They have farms to feed their people, and textile mills to clothe them. Free trade opens their markets up, and they are quickly overwhelmed by the mega corps and their economies of scale. Now local industry is driven out of business or subsumed by foreign competitors. Maybe tourism? Multinationals buy up all the hotels, beaches and restaurants. Locals get minimum wage jobs serving and cleaning. Any attempt at "protectionism" incurs penalties under the free trade agreements.
Don't quit. Give him the buckwheats!
Well, no shit. You think we stopped developing exploding car tech in the 80's?
The US is the enemy of the world. Even of its own people.
Woke shitted my pants.
GW Bush killed a million people and the media treats him like a sweet grandpa.
It's wasn't the scream, it was the concerted gas lighting from the media that sunk Dean. It could have been anything. The establishment didn't want him, so they manufactured a reason to end his campaign.
Some people seem to really hate down votes. I don't give a shit either way.
There are some instances that disable downvotes altogether!
The laws will always be applied inconsistently.
I'm saying Taiwan was able to develop its niche due to its strategic (geographic) interest to the US, not the other way around. China has raised millions out of poverty via cheap labor, yes. However, the reason is that its size allows it to maintain ownership of the profits, which are reinvested in China.