[Ygg2]

Then those countries that didn't will have an advantage at selling their electronics to the world.

Or their consumers will enjoy cheap PC part prices. With possible gray zone re-export market.

Of course we could see retreat from global markets to mercantilism, but that has yet to fully happen.

[alephnerd]

Or China could stop antagonizing blocs like the EU through actions like solidifying ties with Russia [0][1][2], imposing rare earth export restrictions on the EU [3], and undermining EU institutions [4].

[0] - https://www.reuters.com/world/asia-pacific/xi-putin-hail-tie...

[1] - https://www.reuters.com/world/china/chinas-president-xi-meet...

[2] - https://www.reuters.com/world/china/china-calls-closer-defen...

[3] - https://www.reuters.com/world/china/eu-steps-up-efforts-cut-...

[4] - https://www.scmp.com/news/china/diplomacy/article/3316875/ch...

[kasabali]

> stop antagonizing blocs like the EU

Who antagonized who first, again?

[yehat]

Ahh, it is always China antagonizing others, isn't it? There's nothing wrong EU coming to absurd lengths in all directions that are leading to destruction of its economy and society only to please the narrative of few degraded groups of individuals. Yet, it is others that are the cause. Nice, easy story telling. All governments in the world turned to be on the dark side. But some are reaching new heights.

[roenxi]

And Asia is mostly peaceful right now while war has returned to Europe on a scale not seen in 50 years. Those crazy Chinese, eh? Massive failure of their foreign policy establishment. Total inability to engage with Russia.

> and undermining EU institutions

If the Europeans had any common sense they'd be undermining EU institutions as well, those institutions have been disasters. They aren't doing a good job of keeping the peace, they aren't doing a good job of promoting prosperity and they've had successes like forcing Apple to switch from Lightening to USB ports. The CCP on the other hand have been so successful in the last few decades that they're making authoritarianism look good. If the EU focused on figuring out what good policy looked like then they that wouldn't be the case. Although I assume sooner or later the ideological issues will catch up with China.