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Even the relatively tangible repercussions such as the loss of indigenous industrial capability and the attendant, increased reliance on foreign suppliers for components of key weapon systems are typically dismissed, or at least subordinated to the perceived greater good of developing globalized relationships with trading partners.
CENTERFORSECURITYPOLICY: Trading With The Enemy
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Even the relatively tangible repercussions -- such as the loss of indigenous industrial capability and the attendant, increased reliance on foreign suppliers for components of key weapon systems -- are typically dismissed, or at least subordinated to the perceived greater good of developing globalized relationships with trading partners.
CENTERFORSECURITYPOLICY: Trading With The ��Enemy��
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Defeat at the next election, the likely loss of many centrist MPs with marginal seats, and the party's reliance on union money (74% of donations in the first half of 2008 came from organised labour) may well make Labour turn left.
ECONOMIST: The trade unions are not as fearsome as they look