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    • Nibblesnarf [comrade/them, he/him]@hexbear.netEnglish
      6·
      3 hours ago

      Unfortunately, China does a fair amount of trading with Isn’treal as well. It’s one of my few major complaints towards them that I have. They are doing so much good for the world. They even speak out against what’s happening, yet continue to trade with them.

      • rainpizza@lemmygrad.ml
        1·
        3 minutes ago

        Stopping trade with the colonial entity is not easy. It requires decoupling from the USA and their European lapdogs(same lapdogs that are openly receiving Netanyahu all around Europe) and building solid alternatives that will not jeopardize development.

        One way to understand this clearer is to investigate USA’s Anti-BDS laws and how it affects Global South countries‌ seeking to reduce trade with Israel.

        The U.S. Anti-BDS framework creates a ‌structural imbalance‌, where Global South countries must weigh domestic or moral priorities against the risk of U.S. retaliation. While these laws do not outright ban trade reductions with Israel, they weaponize economic interdependence to suppress dissent, reinforcing Israel’s geopolitical insulation. This dynamic underscores the broader tension between U.S. hegemony and Global South efforts to pursue independent, ethics-driven foreign policies.

    • kredditacc@lemmygrad.ml
      145·
      2 days ago

      Nobody is going to “set” anybody in the right path. China and Vietnam meet to discuss economic cooperation. We are not interested in interfering in each other’s foreign policies.

        • rainpizza@lemmygrad.ml
          75·
          1 day ago

          For me, aiding is what the gringos are currently doing which is deliverying all of the weaponry, ammunitions, intelligence, and media backing.

          I wouldn’t call Vietnam trading with the colonial entity as “aiding”. Yes, the ideal is to shut every connection with the entity. However, aiding sounds as if Vietnam is doing equal damage as the Americans. It is false and kind of malicious to conclude that Vietnam is impacting negatively as the USA on Palestine.

            • kredditacc@lemmygrad.ml
              73·
              1 day ago

              Israel has many trading partners. China is the 2nd largest only after the US, whilst Vietnam is nowhere to be found in the top 5. The other guy suggested that Israel’s 2nd largest trading should set Israel’s Nth largest trading partner on the right path, if China really does it, they would be hypocritical. Thankfully, China is not stupid.

              You said “it’s a well known fact”, but you didn’t know that there are many more countries who trade with Israel? Or did you know but decided to single Vietnam out for some reason?

              I also don’t appreciate people conflating trading with “aiding in genocide”, as if we literally send fighter jets to kill children.

              • 201dberg@lemmygrad.ml
                82·
                5 hours ago

                If you trade with people doing genocide you are complicit with genocide. China doing it doesn’t make it ok either. It’s disgusting to see them and any other country do it. Not sorry.

                Also, I wasn’t talking about other countries. I was talking specifically about Vietnam because that’s what the topic was. Don’t try to do a misdirection. The topic was Vietnam. You asked for sources. I gave sources for the other commenter. It’s not my fault you took offense to them. Maybe stop trying to defend a legitimately bad thing. Trading with fascists that are raping, murdering, and committing genocide, who are not only open about it but proud of their inhumanity, is supporting said fascists. Which most would consider a bad thing.

                • Orcinus@lemmygrad.mlEnglish
                  43·
                  2 hours ago

                  Then China and Vietnam should stop trading with the US, right?

                  EDIT: To the downvoters: this is a legitimate question. I would love for such trade to stop, I hear it would only cost China $500 billion. But I’m worried that them doing that would cause the US to be more forceful in trying to get their resources and I think AES states are trying to avoid that. Even if China could militarily hand the US its ass, the damage is still a concern.

                • rainpizza@lemmygrad.ml
                  23·
                  4 hours ago

                  If trading is the same as aiding a genocide, then we can stretch that logic to plenty of other situations as well:

                  • Why should my country Mexico keep trading with the scummy USA that funds paramilitary groups that exterminate, rape and commit plenty of heinous acts?

                  • Why should Africa keep trading with Europe if europeans are arming fascistic militias that are actively raping, murdering, and committing genocide?

                  • Why should the global south keep trading with the USA if the USA is a fascists scummy country that continues to fuel genocide and death around the world?

                  By your logic, we are all aiding genocide same as the USA. We are all as despicable as the kid killers of the entity and their weapons suppliers of USA.