Partisanship aside, it is a good, and complex question. This is just one example of a root issue when you look at competition globally.
For example, say you as a nation are against steroid use. However, you play an international sport and ever other nation uses steroids. You can stick to your guns and be a loser, or you violate your ideals and go out and compete to win. Nations have to make these hard decisions, sometimes it's life and death, or the slow decay of an economy, etc. Fortunately most of us when we make such choices, it's only in our homes, or in maybe a small industry segment where the only losers are in terms of dollars, not lives (usually!).
This can be applied to so many political issues. Too big to fail for example. Sure it's bad, but if globally we get spanked by giant companies that have no such restriction, what's your call? Let a foreign power dominate or play to win?