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Honestly the US gov is playing with fire here. This sort of behavior will only lead to global corporations avoiding doing important business in the US. This is
by chobytes 7y ago
Honestly the US gov is playing with fire here. This sort of behavior will only lead to global corporations avoiding doing important business in the US. This is clearly a step in that direction.
- YayamiOmate 7y agoThat's a desired effect for the decision makers. They want to have selfsustained economy. They were pretty explicit that they want to have production back, I assume they didn't mean it for export. Also it's easier to control local companies because you have a jurisdiction over them. Look at europe, they don't have any major high tech companies, so they can only choose which threats and risks they want to deal with us or chinese. Can't avoid it, unless they drop particular tech at all.
- pinkfoot 7y agoEricsson and Nokia
- SmellyGeekBoy 7y agoAlso Philips
- pinkfoot 7y agoYip, also off the top of my head: Siemens, BASF, Bosch, Aibus, Leonardo, ARM, Bayer, Sanofi, Saab, ABB, Schneider, BAE, DSM, Infineon, ASML, Thales, Alenia, Aixtron. You have to wonder where some HN posters get educated.
- profquail 7y agoARM is a major tech company based in Europe.
- xorfish 7y agoIsn't the main weapon that China uses in the trade war to lower import duties for competitors of US-companies?