By Antonia Zimmermann* – Politico Donald Trump is using America’s military and technological superiority to force one-sided deals on Europe. After its defeat by the British in the First Opium War, the Qing dynasty signed a treaty in 1842 that condemned China to more than 100 years of foreign oppression and colonial control of trade policy. It was the first of what came to be known as “unequal treaties,” where the bullying military and technological heavyweight of the day imposed ...
