[tenlp]

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[Lio]

I don't think this is about trade restrictions.

Given the I-Soon leak I think it's incredibly naive to think that China isn't using data from the cranes for malicious purposes.

https://eu.usatoday.com/story/news/world/2024/02/22/chinese-...

[Fluorescence]

Why is that particularly relevant?

There have been lots of hacker for hire companies from around the world. You want to embargo India because of Appin, Italy for Hacking Team, Israel for NSO Group? If you are worried about "state-backed hackers" I mean... what is the NSA again?

[RCitronsBroker]

this. they could easily swap out the controller for a western made product and stop using big words to justify their trade war.

[Razengan]

Japan's products performing worse than China's?

Things nobody has ever said.

[DiogenesKynikos]

It depends on which products we're talking about. China now is like Japan was in the 1970s-80s. Japan had a reputation for making cheap, shoddy products, but it was actually rapidly moving up in quality.

[throwaway4good]

Of course it is; and it also breaks the US' WTO obligations.

[yorwba]

It doesn't break WTO obligations any more than China's list of restricted sectors limiting foreign investment does: http://images.mofcom.gov.cn/www/202112/20211227175520952.pdf

No country would join the WTO if it required them to give up control of critical infrastructure.

[dragonelite]

Rules Based International Order, the rules just changed half way the game.

[Akronymus]

Oh, could you elaborate on which obligations it breaks? I am not well versed with them.