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View submission: The Guardian View on Development’s Paradox: The Rich Benefit More Than The Poor
I agree that we should care more about environmental effects of trade. We should hold imported goods to similar environmental standards as we do with domestic goods. Unfortunately that's not what with the above editorial or the underlying research paper is about. But agreed palm oil is a good example of this dynamic.
Comment by __mud__ at 20/01/2025 at 19:58 UTC
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Isn't it all tied together? Developing countries cannot hope to make their exports match their imports dollar for dollar without devastating themselves in some form or fashion.
Put another way, it's not that a coconut should cost as much as a PS5. It's about only having coconuts or equivalent to offer, and the only ways presented to move on from that are debt traps.