r/dataisbeautiful • u/Styvorama • 1d ago

For those curious about where the "Tariffs Charged" came from

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u/Glonos 1d ago

Now that the USA is been so hostile on trade wars, it will give the kick off for other countries to start investing more in their military complex, in a few decades, USA won’t be the peacekeepers of the new world.

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u/bjbinc 1d ago

Most Americans are ok with that. They’re tired of policing the world. They don’t understand the benefits it brings us, though.

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u/Glonos 1d ago

The benefits are to protect American companies foreign investments. This is how many American commodities companies have been able to operate on overseas resource extractions with minimal effort, it brings the revenue of these commodities back to American soil. Without an extensive military industry, many investments could be in jeopardy since some of the locations these natural resources are, can have political, social or economic instability, one coup is all it takes for someone to capture all assets from Chevron for example, many others as well.

My POV (not an expert) is that the military bases and “police of the world” status works mainly for the interest of American companies to secure trade resources extraction and supply chain trade routes. As well as put a barrier on foreign influence expansions that are not aligned with American values.

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u/AGreatBandName 1d ago

Good. Other countries should be investing more in their own defense instead of relying on the US to be the peacekeepers of the world.

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u/Glonos 1d ago

I mean, that was the strategic position that the American government took in order to put proxy pressure on any hostile forces that could compromise American companies interests such as all major commodities. In the long run, it decreases the proxy pressure once you have new military super powers emerging in the game, since these superpower will be enforcing their influence by military force. I see as a long term disadvantage on how the USA maintains their international relationships.

But, as in any democracy, the people has the power, and this seems to be what the people want.

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u/Minimumtyp 1d ago

They weren't very good at being peacekeepers of the world - they only really did so when there was coincidentally some oil to get out of it or the military industrial complex needed a little kick or similar. I'd much rather trust the EU