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   [1/2] https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025/feb/04/in-this-trump-era-of-shakedown-diplomacy-everything-has-a-price
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   https://stallman.org/trance-pacific-partnership.html

   *In this ... era of shakedown diplomacy, everything has a price.* The article describes how bullying as diplomacy can backfire. Alas, he equates "countries making and keeping agreements" with "acting in ways that help everyone", but they are sometimes in conflict, as

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     [2/2] in the example of the Trance Pacific Partnership The article presumes that the US remained a moral force until the start of this year, On some issues it was, while on others it was not.