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At this point, US tech should go political full court press on the EU. Just bait Trump into action based on European protectionism and “national security”, sit
by joejerryronnie 8y ago
At this point, US tech should go political full court press on the EU. Just bait Trump into action based on European protectionism and “national security”, sit back and watch it burn.
The ironic thing is that eventually, the EU will push out US tech but it will not be replaced with Euro tech. It will be replaced with Chinese tech and good luck to Vestager on squeezing one single penny out of Xi.
- thomasz 8y agoThere is zero evidence that the EU is trying to push out US technology companies or that there is any plan to run some form of import substitution. These fines are not arbitrary, and they do not hit "tech", they hit tech monopolies with blatantly anticompetitive behavior like intel, Microsoft and Google as well as European breweries, maritime car carriers, cement plants and what not. This is a fantasy, or more likely a projection of your own newly awakened jingoistic tendencies.