Europe: curbs lithography machine exports to China
China: curbs drone exports to Europe
Europe is entering the “find out” phase of “fuck around and find out.” This is what shoving a knife into the back of globalization in the name of national security gets you…
Not that China’s semiconductor competence would have affected European security given that China has neither the means nor the desire to project power outside of their immediate vicinity.
The trade war US and EU are pushing for seems like a stupid attempt to stop China from developing.
It’s very petty of them because they can’t compete fairly and have to resort to such BS, and I don’t think it’s going to work.
The West has tried to cripple China’s tech industry and so now the Chinese tech they rely on for things like the war in Ukraine isn’t available. That’s an obvious conclusion but it’s still necessary for people to understand why things happen the way they do.
Europe and the US can absolutely create and support the industry required to make as many drones needed, but defense contractors make more money if they can export it to china to save on costs and restrict supply to increase profit, so of course that is what happens.
US: curbs semiconductor exports to China
Europe: curbs lithography machine exports to China
China: curbs drone exports to Europe
Europe is entering the “find out” phase of “fuck around and find out.” This is what shoving a knife into the back of globalization in the name of national security gets you…
Not that China’s semiconductor competence would have affected European security given that China has neither the means nor the desire to project power outside of their immediate vicinity.
The trade war US and EU are pushing for seems like a stupid attempt to stop China from developing.
It’s very petty of them because they can’t compete fairly and have to resort to such BS, and I don’t think it’s going to work.
There is not such thing as “fair competition,” especially when it’s a defense industry.
I was talking about trade restrictions they put on chips, EVs, etc., not the defense industry.
“If I downvote the opinions I don’t like that means they stop being true!”
Lemmy really is just like Reddit
Downvote is the default for me since most people don’t say anything of value.
I didn’t downvote him, but anyone who says “fuck around and find out” usually isn’t contributing much.
They’re pointing out why this is happening!
The West has tried to cripple China’s tech industry and so now the Chinese tech they rely on for things like the war in Ukraine isn’t available. That’s an obvious conclusion but it’s still necessary for people to understand why things happen the way they do.
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Europe and the US can absolutely create and support the industry required to make as many drones needed, but defense contractors make more money if they can export it to china to save on costs and restrict supply to increase profit, so of course that is what happens.