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Trade deals, plus subsidies by other governments are the general categories.

• cryptofistMonk 6y ago
  Right. Other governments are always going to subsidize though (unless you work that into the trade deals I suppose). Obviously any barriers to the success of US fabs should be removed, but it's not clear if there's a market for more expensive US chips - if there were, you'd think someone would build it without the need for a subsidy
  • zepto 6y ago
    > Other governments are always going to subsidize though (unless you work that into the trade deals I suppose). Often trade deals do include agreements about subsidies. > it's not clear if there's a market for more expensive US chips - if there were, you'd think someone would build it without the need for a subsidy They wouldn’t be more expensive with the subsidy.
    • cryptofistMonk 6y ago
      > Often trade deals do include agreements about subsidies. Yes but it's complicated when you're dealing with China where the govt is heavily involved in many "private" cos
      • zepto 6y ago
        Agreed