Gotta belly laugh on this one. Let's recall what Don has shown us regarding his trade policy. He just pardoned CZ, the Chinese crypto criminal convicted of laundering money for Hamas, child abusers, and various other terrorist/unsavory groups, but only after CZ facilitated a couple billion dollars being deposited into Don's stable coin/pocket. I guess enrichment of the dear leader is the "new" right's version of trickle down economics. Of course Don now claims to not know who CZ is...what if he's right? He has placed tariffs on Brazil, in spite of our trade surplus with them, because he's pissed their government is prosecuting their former president, Mr Bolsonaro-a fellow coup plotter. He upped tariffs on Canada because of his pique over a silly TV ad featuring Reagan. He's tariffed Ukraine but not Russia. At least he got us back to status quo on soybean exports, who knows what he had to give up to get back to even from a problem he created. Art of the deal I guess:)
His policies toward China are so incoherent that Wall Street literally invented an investment strategery to cash in on them. They dubbed it taco tariffing... Not surprising from a man who still, to this day, brags publicly about "acing" a cognitive test meant to test for dementia.
So maybe Mr Griswold is right, and Don has an actual plan. I understand the desire of Commonplace to retrofit an intellectual framework around this circus. Maybe Don is engaging in 4D chess, and us mere mortals can't comprehend his clever tactics. Maybe. But my money says his personal piggybank, random gas pains, and emotional fragility drive his policy choices far more than the national interest... I can't wait to see what that aging, angry, addled brain comes up with at 82.
Excellent post. We do have a framework in place for this - they are called export control laws. The challenge is setting the boundaries and enforcement (neither of which has been happening for years with the exception of very particular technologies). These laws already provide for civil and criminal penalties with regard to transfer of information as well as articles and materials to persons and companies, as well as specified countries. So we don't need to reinvent the wheel, but we do need to stop selling the rope.
Fine but the big strategic error is not engaging Russia and India in the struggle. Instead we are trying to defeat Russia and force a reluctant India into supporting that effort. All for the sake of the EU/UK who are useless at best and hostile at worst. Nixon had a very good reason for enlisting China in the struggle against the Soviets and it works in reverse too.
What is the precedent for a leading industrial power quarantining its technology from another power, short of permanent hostilities (which comes with its own problems)?
Gotta belly laugh on this one. Let's recall what Don has shown us regarding his trade policy. He just pardoned CZ, the Chinese crypto criminal convicted of laundering money for Hamas, child abusers, and various other terrorist/unsavory groups, but only after CZ facilitated a couple billion dollars being deposited into Don's stable coin/pocket. I guess enrichment of the dear leader is the "new" right's version of trickle down economics. Of course Don now claims to not know who CZ is...what if he's right? He has placed tariffs on Brazil, in spite of our trade surplus with them, because he's pissed their government is prosecuting their former president, Mr Bolsonaro-a fellow coup plotter. He upped tariffs on Canada because of his pique over a silly TV ad featuring Reagan. He's tariffed Ukraine but not Russia. At least he got us back to status quo on soybean exports, who knows what he had to give up to get back to even from a problem he created. Art of the deal I guess:)
His policies toward China are so incoherent that Wall Street literally invented an investment strategery to cash in on them. They dubbed it taco tariffing... Not surprising from a man who still, to this day, brags publicly about "acing" a cognitive test meant to test for dementia.
So maybe Mr Griswold is right, and Don has an actual plan. I understand the desire of Commonplace to retrofit an intellectual framework around this circus. Maybe Don is engaging in 4D chess, and us mere mortals can't comprehend his clever tactics. Maybe. But my money says his personal piggybank, random gas pains, and emotional fragility drive his policy choices far more than the national interest... I can't wait to see what that aging, angry, addled brain comes up with at 82.
Good luck America.
Excellent post. We do have a framework in place for this - they are called export control laws. The challenge is setting the boundaries and enforcement (neither of which has been happening for years with the exception of very particular technologies). These laws already provide for civil and criminal penalties with regard to transfer of information as well as articles and materials to persons and companies, as well as specified countries. So we don't need to reinvent the wheel, but we do need to stop selling the rope.
China is doing fine, they just copy everything we design 🤔🤔🤔
Fine but the big strategic error is not engaging Russia and India in the struggle. Instead we are trying to defeat Russia and force a reluctant India into supporting that effort. All for the sake of the EU/UK who are useless at best and hostile at worst. Nixon had a very good reason for enlisting China in the struggle against the Soviets and it works in reverse too.
“America needs a plan”. From Trump? On technology? That’s rich. Still waiting on the healthcare plan.
What is the precedent for a leading industrial power quarantining its technology from another power, short of permanent hostilities (which comes with its own problems)?