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by insane_dreamer 316 days ago
> Then you're going to need to do business with China in spite of their being a national security threat.

You can restrict the sale of advanced chips to China and still do business with them.

Putting a tax on it does nothing; the Chinese companies aren't the ones paying the tax anyway.

It shows that the US isn't really serious about maintaining a lead in these advanced technologies; all Trump knows how to do is extort money through various threats--tarrifs, law suits, export bans etc. To his credit he's good at that. Would make a great mobster.