The CPUs, GPUs, and Smartphones are much more Asian than American. It’s just the immediate shock of blocking mails and office software, and some of the even more critical software as well, that the US has long been preparing to use as a brutal leverage. It is not that much about having leverage, as about the state’s ability to use it.
And the EU, and the UK, and Canada, Japan, South Korea, could easily cooperate. Their goals in the tariff chaos are more or less aligned (maybe apart from the last two not caring much about Ukraine to the best of my knowledge).
Yes. Cooperation among the remaining liberal democracies is important. We are all in the US/Russia/China crosshairs.
Taiwan, Japan and South Korea do care. They are very much afraid that if Russia succeeds, then China would follow suit. Taiwan has a problem with TSMC that opens factories all over the world and therefore dilutes the protection having all the factories in Taiwan was having. South Korea understands the Ukrainian Territory of Donbass is a training ground for Kim’s army. And Japan has disputed land to protect from China and Russia.
What happens if the US pushes back?
The results are concerning:
This isn’t just a tech issue — it’s an innovation roadblock, a national security concern, and a sovereignty crisis.
https://proton.me/blog/us-tech-rules-europe
Seems like
China has Critical Minerals and Manufacturing to hold over America
America has all its tech/cpu’s/gpu’s/smartphones/websites to hold over the EU
The EU has ?
A huge, essential for survival, client base?
And suddenly, Huawei, WeChat, Baidu doesn’t look too bad to the EU.
(It’s not in the interests of what this sub stands for, but it’s an argument US firms and government would listen to).
Don’t let overwhelming odds paralize you into doing nothing, just start… the rest will fall into place.
It’s time for the EU to use its economic weight against a fascist state.
EU has AMSL and other key semiconductor manufacturing equipment producers. Nokai and Ericsson dominate the telecom installations in the US, to much frustrations of some Americans, and with even the military getting more and more reliant on them.
The CPUs, GPUs, and Smartphones are much more Asian than American. It’s just the immediate shock of blocking mails and office software, and some of the even more critical software as well, that the US has long been preparing to use as a brutal leverage. It is not that much about having leverage, as about the state’s ability to use it.
Even the UK has significant leverage with ARM.
And the EU, and the UK, and Canada, Japan, South Korea, could easily cooperate. Their goals in the tariff chaos are more or less aligned (maybe apart from the last two not caring much about Ukraine to the best of my knowledge).
Yes. Cooperation among the remaining liberal democracies is important. We are all in the US/Russia/China crosshairs.
Taiwan, Japan and South Korea do care. They are very much afraid that if Russia succeeds, then China would follow suit. Taiwan has a problem with TSMC that opens factories all over the world and therefore dilutes the protection having all the factories in Taiwan was having. South Korea understands the Ukrainian Territory of Donbass is a training ground for Kim’s army. And Japan has disputed land to protect from China and Russia.
Macron specifically says “digital sector”. As far as I can tell this has nothing to to with hardware which I’m assuming the stats you listed includes.