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It's only restricting foreign investments from certain countries like China that don't play by the rules. It's like banning someone from your store because they

It's only restricting foreign investments from certain countries like China that don't play by the rules. It's like banning someone from your store because they steal stuff. The "free market" isn't anarchy, it's essentially a bunch of bilateral trade agreements

shanghaiaway 8y ago
Nonsense. The US is restricting trade. Frankly, I'd like to see WTO step in here.
- dageshi 8y ago
  WTO will have little to say on the matter in the same way that it had little to say on the restrictions on trade China has enforced for its domestic market for decades.
- StreamBright 8y ago
  Well these guys downvoting you never heard of export regulations. Few links for those who are downvoting this comment above: https://www.theregister.co.uk/2015/04/10/us_intel_china_ban/ https://www.theregister.co.uk/2015/04/10/us_intel_china_ban/ https://wccftech.com/us-government-bans-intel-nvidia-amd-chips-china/ https://wccftech.com/us-government-bans-intel-nvidia-amd-chi... https://www.wsj.com/articles/u-s-agencies-block-technology-exports-for-supercomputer-in-china-1428561987 https://www.wsj.com/articles/u-s-agencies-block-technology-e... https://venturebeat.com/2018/11/23/u-s-lobbies-germany-italy-and-japan-to-ban-huawei-5g-equipment/ https://venturebeat.com/2018/11/23/u-s-lobbies-germany-italy... https://www.engadget.com/2018/08/14/us-defense-huawei-zte-ban/ https://www.engadget.com/2018/08/14/us-defense-huawei-zte-ba...
ethbro 8y ago
> It's only restricting foreign investments from certain countries like China that don't play by the rules. The US generally (in cooperation with Europe) wrote the rules on post-WWII trade. I think China absolutely does some shady stuff, pathologically lies about doing so, and flaunts international rules they dislike. But let's not pretend the game wasn't tilted against them (and developing countries) from the start. There's a reason Trump is having a hard time staffing State and the Pentagon: everyone professionally qualified to serve knows how the current international system serves American interests. (Said as an American)

shanghaiaway 8y ago

Nonsense. The US is restricting trade. Frankly, I'd like to see WTO step in here.

dageshi 8y ago
WTO will have little to say on the matter in the same way that it had little to say on the restrictions on trade China has enforced for its domestic market for decades.
StreamBright 8y ago
Well these guys downvoting you never heard of export regulations. Few links for those who are downvoting this comment above: https://www.theregister.co.uk/2015/04/10/us_intel_china_ban/ https://www.theregister.co.uk/2015/04/10/us_intel_china_ban/ https://wccftech.com/us-government-bans-intel-nvidia-amd-chips-china/ https://wccftech.com/us-government-bans-intel-nvidia-amd-chi... https://www.wsj.com/articles/u-s-agencies-block-technology-exports-for-supercomputer-in-china-1428561987 https://www.wsj.com/articles/u-s-agencies-block-technology-e... https://venturebeat.com/2018/11/23/u-s-lobbies-germany-italy-and-japan-to-ban-huawei-5g-equipment/ https://venturebeat.com/2018/11/23/u-s-lobbies-germany-italy... https://www.engadget.com/2018/08/14/us-defense-huawei-zte-ban/ https://www.engadget.com/2018/08/14/us-defense-huawei-zte-ba...

ethbro 8y ago

> It's only restricting foreign investments from certain countries like China that don't play by the rules. The US generally (in cooperation with Europe) wrote the rules on post-WWII trade. I think China absolutely does some shady stuff, pathologically lies about doing so, and flaunts international rules they dislike. But let's not pretend the game wasn't tilted against them (and developing countries) from the start. There's a reason Trump is having a hard time staffing State and the Pentagon: everyone professionally qualified to serve knows how the current international system serves American interests. (Said as an American)