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The parent comment is describing a scenario where the Chinese company may get a factual monopoly in Europe because it can outcompete the two European companies
by graeme 11mo ago
The parent comment is describing a scenario where the Chinese company may get a factual monopoly in Europe because it can outcompete the two European companies due to economies of scale.
- kelnos 11mo agoWouldn't cases of possible corporate-enabled espionage, like the one being discussed be a big competitive advantage for the European companies, regardless of their pricing or scale? And that competitive advantage could presumably give them more scale?
- hayd 11mo agoOr outcompete because it's state-funded, and can inject things like remote access (that the state might like the option to use one day). It's really confusing that the EU don't consider this "dumping". I thought that was this big thing that they cared about.
- jacquesm 11mo agoI definitely would not rule out the occasional strategic bribe. China has a ton of interests in Brussels. Ditto the USA.
- numpad0 11mo agoChinese companies will get a factual monopoly no matter what, as long as they keep comparing imports vs domestics on prices. It's not like East Asian "subsidies" are going to end in 3 to 6 months, years, even decades. The imports from timbuktu will be just perpetually cheaper by being imports.