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The White House and the Agreement Between Nvidia and AMD
- e40 1y agoThe unintended consequences of this seem really wild and monumental. This could transform business and government and it scares the heck out of me.
- cma 1y agoArticle I, Section 9, Clause 5 No Tax or Duty shall be laid on Articles exported from any State.
- lesuorac 1y agoI see two easy ways to get around this. 1. It's a fee and not a tax. 2. Require the chips to be claimed as shipped from DC or another non-state. And the more practical way. 3. Just don't ever hear the case challenging it.
- disqard 1y agoYou forgot: 4. If the POTUS does it, it's not a crime. and 5. It's for National Security -- surely you don't want us giving our AI technology away to China without extracting something in return? There are many ways to handle this -- just watch Faux News, if this ever rises above the threshold of the ambient craziness and becomes "newsworthy".
- cma 1y agoInitial tariffs on China were billed to be about fentanyl being exported to the US, largely by mail. Put into place just a few days after Trump pardoned the largest opiates by mail operator in world history, Ross Ulbricht.
- lesuorac 1y agoI didn't know Ross ran USPS. It is a bit unfortunate how much Trump gets a pass for not solid decision making.
- blitzar 1y agoThey will pay it now, and avoid political retribution. They will then wait a year or two, challenge it as unconstitutional and get the money back. Probably wont even take a court case, just a simple letter to whoever is collecting the money and it will be over.