• @assassinatedbyCIA
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    5010 months ago

    Obviously the whole security threat thing is just BS to justify restricting trade. You’re really not allowed to restrict trade under wto rules unless it’s a national security concern. It makes sense that the US would want to protect its industry but, it’s really infuriating that the US, the country that thrust neoliberalism free trade policies down developing countries throats, sometimes by force, now wants to do protectionism. Many developing economies growth was hampered and their economic ability to met their own needs to spiked into the ground by American coercion and sometimes violence. It further goes to show that the powerful countries really just do whatever the fuck they want often at the detriment of weaker nations.

    • dalë
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      1610 months ago

      They did the same to Huawei and lots followed. This has nothing to do with security and all to do with preventing China’s leap ahead of US as a global economic technology powerhouse

      • HobbitFoot
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        810 months ago

        It does have something to do with security.

        For Huawei, the USA was concerned that China could build in backdoors to its communication technology similar to how the USA probably does with its local technology.

        For EV, it is becoming apparent that battery and microchip technology has the same wartime industry power that oil and steel has, so the USA doesn’t want to completely give up on those industries.

        • @[email protected]
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          Everything has something to do with security if you’re paranoid/creative enough. It’s a useless thought.

        • dalë
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          610 months ago

          For Huawei , if that’s the case why did US not target all Chinese manufacturers and only the one that, at the time, was becoming the most technologically competitive one.

          As for EV the argument regarding takeover as a wartime industry whilst maybe true not it still smacks of US protectionist practice rather than a genuine security fear.

        • @[email protected]
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          310 months ago

          It’s not Huawei’s fault that outdated IP restrictions in the west put western companies at a disadvantage and slow innovation.

          • @Godric
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            010 months ago

            Hahahaha that’s quite the euphemism for stealing everything they could get their grubby capitalist hands on

              • @Godric
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                110 months ago

                When one group puts all the time, money, and effort into researching, discovering, and designing something, and another yoinks it for free, what do you call that?