Point taken. It was foolish of me to assume that HN users support the author's biases.
Still, I do not necessarily agree that China deserves much blame here. We should not expect any more from China than what we expect of other countries. That national export restrictions are motivated by selfishness and are harmful to the world economy is not in dispute. The point is that they are not the only country playing that game. On the world stage, everyone cashes in their unfair advantages, only paying attention to the WTO when it is profitable. Why should China abstain from manipulating supply to their benefit when other nations would not return that courtesy? If other world powers want China to play nice with exports, they will have to pay for it.
Still, I do not necessarily agree that China deserves much blame here. We should not expect any more from China than what we expect of other countries. That national export restrictions are motivated by selfishness and are harmful to the world economy is not in dispute. The point is that they are not the only country playing that game. On the world stage, everyone cashes in their unfair advantages, only paying attention to the WTO when it is profitable. Why should China abstain from manipulating supply to their benefit when other nations would not return that courtesy? If other world powers want China to play nice with exports, they will have to pay for it.