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I do agree with you on the general notion of free trade. But in this particular case, there is no mention of any barrier imposed on qualcomm products; the deal
by majia 8y ago
I do agree with you on the general notion of free trade. But in this particular case, there is no mention of any barrier imposed on qualcomm products; the deal is about jointly creating a new product. What I disagree is claiming free trade while suggesting qualcomm should not do certain deals for national interest reasons.
- cjblomqvist 8y agoAh, I did misread you! I would guess it's rather complicated though, as it might be part of a bigger "agreement" with the Chinese government in order to ensure smooth business in general - but that's of course only speculation on my part.
- phkahler 8y ago>> But in this particular case, there is no mention of any barrier imposed on qualcomm products; the deal is about jointly creating a new product. There is no mention, but often what happens is a company wants to do business in china and is told no while being presented an offer like this. >> What I disagree is claiming free trade while suggesting qualcomm should not do certain deals for national interest reasons. I agree with you that a company is free to make decisions any way it wants within the law. This is why we have ITAR to protect against weapons tech going to the wrong places. But if the US took a similar position with regard to other tech besides war-making, these deals wouldn't be legal. I wouldn't suggest we're having an economic war, but all nations are in economic competition and the stakes are potentially very high.