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RISC-V Foundation moving to Switzerland over trade curb fears
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Re: RISC-V Foundation moving to Switzerland over trade curb fears
#52Earlier quoted context omitted.
> We must counter China now before it grows more powerful. Wouldn't that line of thinking also justify sending in the nukes?
No, we should counter them through economic and political pressure. Most sane people try to avoid nuclear war.
Most sane people also try to avoid a 'trade war'.
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#54Earlier quoted context omitted.
“A democracy cannot exist as a permanent form of government. It can only exist until the voters discover that they can vote themselves largesse from the public treasury.” - Alexander Fraser Tytler
Switzerland has been around as a (relatively) small government democracy for quite a while. There are regular direct democracy polls on spending and taxes.
Switzerland also doesn't have many poor people.
Re: RISC-V Foundation moving to Switzerland over trade curb fears
#55One has to wonder if this isn't pressure from the Chinese regime.
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#57This is a great move. It is time to punish countries that impose restrictions on technology. I don't want to be a prisoner in a place where technology is simply considered "illegal" because it doesn't further the interests of the ruling class.
I think standards development should be open, so Switzerland is the ideal host in any geopolitical situation. Otherwise, I do think the American economy could benefit from restrictions on imports. It's called import substitution economics, which worked very well for american steel back in the late 19th century. Not sure if it'll work again though. Things are different now.
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There are more layers to an issue than that.
For instance the story about Venezuela and Adobe shows the issue that the broadly applied policies of the U.S. can affect the livelihood of individual artists and designers.
There are more examples like that. (YouTube and COPPA, ...) Now people around the world can fear that some strange new or old policy from the U.S. take their income away. With the current political climate in the US that could be a serious risk.
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#59What exactly did people expect to happen with this bizarre trade war? Instead of pressuring 'bad actor' countries with more free trade and something like TPP, levying pointless tariffs was obviously going to drive any joint international groups overseas. Just brainless stuff.
Corporations have only themselves to blame for the failure of the TPP. Instead of limiting the agreement to trade, it was filled to the brim with anti-consumer, anti-worker, and anti-environment clauses. Negotiated entirely by industry and kept secret from even senators, laundering legislation they could never get through any parliament. If there was any justice in the world, the TPP would not only have failed, but e…
But the TPP didn't fail - Trump pulled the US out, the rest of the countries came to an agreement (under a different name and without the onerous US/Disney IP stuff) and are happily free-trading today
More info on the CPTPP here: https://tpp.mfat.govt.nz/
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#60Earlier quoted context omitted.
No, we should counter them through economic and political pressure. Most sane people try to avoid nuclear war.
Most sane people also try to avoid a 'trade war'.
It’s the only language China can understand, they don’t care about any of the other levers.