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A third possibility is that they're using this influence to give an economic advantage to US-based companies, and a disadvantage to foreign (or specifically Chi
by tgsovlerkhgsel 9y ago
A third possibility is that they're using this influence to give an economic advantage to US-based companies, and a disadvantage to foreign (or specifically Chinese) ones.
Could also be all three of course.
- anyeverynothing 9y agoYou're right it could be anything and everything. But knowing what I know about intelligence agencies and China it was most likely a fair warning to the US citizen.
- psergeant 9y agoThe economic argument is difficult to make, because it raises costs on American companies who are consumers.
- aaronblohowiak 9y agoyou don't want the only source of essential infrastructure to be an adversary so the "economic" argument may also be strategic but in a different way.
- coldtea 9y agoUnless of course those consumers have less influence on politicians that huge telcos (and the costs are negligible anyway)
- emodendroket 9y agoI don't think that's true. You just need one party to be on good terms.