Comment by thecleaner

I don't understand why this is written in a complaining or condescending tone. I think it is true for any state that manufacturing be provided protection especially in its infancy. One great thing which China did was to protect their infant industry while simultaneously weeding out non-performers based on global competitiveness. This kind of discipline is really important to build up the skills required to become globally competitive. I think it is better to have regulated free trade first and then open markets once you are competitive. This IMF doctrine on open your freaking markets it is awesome is very stupid. Africa has completely open textile markets, that didn't really work out very well for them.