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minus-square@[email protected]linkfedilinkEnglish3•18 days agoSo why not ban all electronics from China? Why pick an app here, a piece of hardware there? If absolutely any device made in China could have a secret satellite comms chip embedded in it then banning one brand of drones won’t help. arrow-up13file-textreply1starmore-verticalmailMessageflagCreate ReportslashBlock user
minus-square@[email protected]linkfedilinkEnglish1•18 days agoWe should do neither. We should allow them, but put tariffs to account for subsidies, which should encourage price competition. The concern is that China will get a monopoly, and that’s where supply chain attacks are more likely. arrow-up11file-textreply1starmore-verticalmailMessageflagCreate ReportslashBlock user
So why not ban all electronics from China? Why pick an app here, a piece of hardware there?
If absolutely any device made in China could have a secret satellite comms chip embedded in it then banning one brand of drones won’t help.
We should do neither. We should allow them, but put tariffs to account for subsidies, which should encourage price competition. The concern is that China will get a monopoly, and that’s where supply chain attacks are more likely.