POL326Y1 Lecture Notes - Lecture 17: Latin American Wars Of Independence, Neocolonialism, Good Neighbor Policy
15 Mar 2018
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Chi(cid:374)a supplies (cid:448)e(cid:396)(cid:455) s(cid:373)all po(cid:396)tio(cid:374) of a(cid:373)e(cid:396)i(cid:272)a"s steel. Curtiss-wright export case: national security issues up to the president. But, could be argued that becoming reliant on adversary (china)-could justify such a policy. Is this another example of trump making assumptions (that china is the biggest supplier of steel) or is he aware that canada is the biggest supplier of steel/aluminum? (national security poli(cid:272)(cid:455) (cid:449)ould(cid:374)"t add up(cid:895) Chances that this policy will get through congress (tends to be more protectionist): low. In order to understand significance: have to understand social structures that exist. Largely the creation of the colonial experience- dominated by tiny european elite and used land resources in order to build an export economy (classical dependency-countries export raw materials) Did not change with latin american independence- not a rebellion of lower classes-rebellion of elites against constraints on colonial powers (taxing of trade)
