Many countries have bowed to US demands in the last years due to threat of losing trade benefits.
After the Australian Prime Minister agreed to (illegally) send troops into Iraq with Dubya, 16 US Trade Negotiators came to Australia within a week and negotiated previously unseen trade deals to benefit Australia. When questioned directly about this, the Australian Prime Minister shrugged and said "What was I going to do?"
After living in South America for a year, I'm very excited to see those countries develop more and more, and reject US rule and meddling more and more.
Many countries have bowed to US demands in the last years due to threat of losing trade benefits.
After the Australian Prime Minister agreed to (illegally) send troops into Iraq with Dubya, 16 US Trade Negotiators came to Australia within a week and negotiated previously unseen trade deals to benefit Australia. When questioned directly about this, the Australian Prime Minister shrugged and said "What was I going to do?"
After living in South America for a year, I'm very excited to see those countries develop more and more, and reject US rule and meddling more and more.