Metalpoet :pentagram:What @pluralistic said about Canada in his latest comment, is globally true.
Throughout my lifetime the US has used free trade to pressure countries into making otherwise objectively bad policies. "If you get rid of good regulations we won't put tarriffs on your exports". Access to the vast US market was the only reward for terrible policies like criminalising "circumvention" devices, even when used to perform completely legal activities like backing up a movie, fixing a minor breakage on your tractor or car or converting an ebook for a braille-reader.
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