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Can we nominate a third party? How about Taiwan or New Zealand? Can we vote for Spain? The US wants to keep a lock on all future innovations. They want to mai
by freeopinion 5y ago
Can we nominate a third party?
How about Taiwan or New Zealand? Can we vote for Spain?
The US wants to keep a lock on all future innovations. They want to maintain their seat. They want to create any barrier to entry that will help them keep living high on the hog. But if an HIV vaccine were invented in China today, the USA would do everything they could to steal it or invalidate any patents on it. The U.S. is opposed to Chinese stealing ideas from a U.S. company. Except for the part of the U.S. that didn't own stock in the U.S. company but does own stock in the Chinese company. And of course everyone in the U.S. who can buy the Chinese product cheaper than the U.S. product.
- ravel-bar-foo 5y ago> But if an HIV vaccine were invented in China today, the USA would do everything they could to steal it or invalidate any patents on it. This seems to not match the behavior that we actually see in other fields. In the situation of folding smartphones, for example, the first manufacturer was Korean. The Chinese solution was to poach staff and steal trade secrets from a contract manufacturer, while the US solution has been to just buy the resulting devices as consumer products.