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It's been a headscratcher for me... The EU and the US have an issue with CCP-subsidised tech giants, but their sole reaction is banning them in some form or other? In the EU it is from public tenders, in the US it's from dealing with US companies.

This does not really help EU and US businesses to be competitive though, neither does it stop consumers going for the cheapest option...

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Those US companies that the US government bought part of and funded their expansions with no controls over the cartel...

>The EU and the US have an issue with CCP-subsidised tech giants

Except EU and US tech giants also get massive government subsidies making such accusations hypocritical. Silicon Valley has its roots in cold war defense funding.

What the US and EU don't like it that China has beaten them at their own game using their own rules, so now they need to move the goalposts on why we shouldn't buy Chinese RAM and protect western DRAM monopolies making amazing margins.

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