Along the lines what other kind of business is there? Trump ordered a CIA operation to dish on China. This might remind you of a book with the self-explaining title of Confessions Of An Economic Hit Man. I wonder how several countries in the South Pacific might receive the news, Including Australia where the Federal Government canceled (April 2021) the Victorian Belt and Road due to the alleged Chinese debt trap. Was that action in part because of a CIA social media operation? I am not saying China is squeaky clean but neither is dirty business tactics. Ah, the Global Times the alleged propaganda outlet for the CCP Party will probably be having a field day with this.
Confessions of an Economic Hit Man
According to Perkins, his job at the firm was to convince leaders of underdeveloped countries to accept substantial development loans for large construction and engineering projects. Ensuring that these projects were contracted to U.S. companies, such loans provided political influence for the US and access to natural resources for American companies,[1]: 15, 239 thus primarily helping local elites and wealthy families, rather than the poor.
The book heavily criticizes U.S. foreign policy and the notion that "all economic growth benefits humankind, and that the greater the growth, the more widespread the benefits."[1]: xii Perkins suggests that, in many cases, only a small portion of the population benefits at the expense of the rest, pointing to, as an example, an increase in income inequality, whereby large U.S. corporations exploit cheap labor, and oil companies destroy local environments.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Confessions_of_an_Economic_Hit_Man
Trump's CIA Clandestine Social Media Operation Puts Shade On China's Belt And Road.
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