hope upon hope, it becomes a bonanza for the third world in this fashion:
both the U.S. and the USSR become more risk-averse as far as propping up dictatorships and supporting rebel armies and compete far more on economic terms, even to the extent of making sweetheart trade deals with developing nations which aren’t particularly profitable to us.
Some nations skillfully get trade agreements with both the U.S. and USSR. Globalization comes earlier and better.