-->...Any nation which by means of protective duties and restrictions
on navigation has raised her manufacturing power and her navigation
to such a degree of development that no other nation can sustain
free competition with her, can do nothing wiser than to throw away
these ladders of her greatness, to preach to other nations the
benefits of free trade, and to declare in penitent tones that she
has hitherto wandered in the paths of error, and has now for the
first time succeeded in discovering the truth.

beim lesen hat mich das irgenwie an China erinnert...