Biden Administration looking at new restrictions on tech exports to China

11 February 2021
The new US administration won’t back down from its current trade tariffs on China.

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This is all posturing.

Read the so-called "Senior Official's" statements. You'd consistently find the word "allies."

Western allies have been skeptical of the US going after China. Only a few like Australia are fully onboard. The likes of Germany, France, UK, Canada are practicing what they sublimely call "strategic neutrality." Which isn't surprising, considering their economies rely on China a lot.

Biden cannot immediately lift the punitive actions on China because that'll be political suicide. Instead, he'd talk tough and impose soft sanctions. And over time begin to de-escalate slowly. The media will not make a fuss, and his cop out will be that de-escalation was necessary after "reviewing with allies."

China owns Biden. And anyone who's looked at North Korea and Iran (even Syria) would know Democrats are clowns when they're in power. No one outside the US is sh*tting their pants over Biden. Certainly not China.

    pat, 12 Feb 2021Well, probably around 20% of the goods and products that Ch... moreAgree. I Saw Chinese video that when US last election,after what Trump's administration did to China,they still Made Trump's campaign stuff like hat,shirt,and other accessories stuff to be sold to Trump's supporters. Chinese people doesn't care politic,what they care is how to make money xD

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      Anonymous, 12 Feb 2021I can understand not exporting military technology but cons... moreSimple.
      1. They can have "a copy" over important (read military) people communications, and
      2. They can shut down wireless networks when they want (in case of conflicts).

        MrDong, 12 Feb 2021China still relies heavily on the US. What is Tesla? The nu... moreActually if you do know about Chinese electric car industry,you will find what happened on Apple will again happened on Tesla.
        XPeng,NIO is new power in electric car filed like Xiaomi.in smartphone filed(fun fact Xiaomi invest both XPeng and NIO)
        BYD is the old power in electric car filed like Huawei,which formly produce top class battary,electronic motor and control system

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          MrDong, 12 Feb 2021China still relies heavily on the US. What is Tesla? The nu... moreWell, probably around 20% of the goods and products that China needs are either imported or based off a US patent. In comparison, more than 80% of the products in US are made in China specifically or with components that are manufactured there. So who is more dependent on the other? The only reason why China is keeping things more mellow and hasn't imposed similar bans on companies like Apple and others is because they don't want Chinese companies to lose money from sales, while the US government doesn't care as their trade bans have resulted in billions in losses for some US companies.

          But if the US continues down that path, at some point China can just dump their US debt and then their economies will crash along with the rest of the world, but China will recover way faster. That's how future wars will be waged - turning the biggest economies in the world in third-world countries in a day.

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            KLD, 12 Feb 2021I live in the EU. On one side there is Google, Microsoft, F... moreThe only secure phone is the one that can't even connect online. :)

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              MrDong, 12 Feb 2021China still relies heavily on the US. What is Tesla? The nu... morePush more and they will be self sufficient soon enough..

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                If US think they can stop someone from advancing ahead by imposing restrictions then they are living in fool's heaven! It's 21st century for the God's sake! You simply can't stop technical advancement.

                - Happily writing from a Xiaomi device

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                  Papabear, 12 Feb 2021Doesn't the US realise that China will just become sel... moreChina still relies heavily on the US. What is Tesla? The number one electric car brand in China. Gives a serious amount of revenue and creates a lot of workforce. How is China self-sufficient?

                    JackTheiPhoneKiller, 12 Feb 2021That's what I said... Clarification on social media al... moreXiaomi already charge the US department of denfence and department of commerce at 29th,Jan,2021
                    Huawei have a lot of cases with US gov

                      My rule of thumb. If the US tells me I shouldn't buy something, I buy it. Sent from my Huawei P40 5G ;-)

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                        Anonymous, 12 Feb 2021Both Huawei and xiaomi have spoken out against these action... moreThat's what I said... Clarification on social media almost means nothing until and unless u fight a case properly.

                          Anonymous, 12 Feb 2021Chinese cannot store chips as they are like a perishable co... moreOutdate chip is still better than no chip
                          just look Huawei
                          They release Kirin 9000E,a damage Kirin 9000 with 2 less GPU core
                          They release Kirin 990E,a damage Kirin 990 with 2 less GPU core
                          They release Kirin 820E,a damage Kirin 820 with 1 less A76 core and 1 less A55 core(remember Kirin820 is a downgrade Kirin 985 with two less GPU core)
                          Those chip wont exist if there is no US ban.
                          They just try to keep themselve live,have some phones to sell,so the company keep can running.
                          Meanwhile,chip do not equal to SOC,some chip,like Power Manager IC,display dirver IC have long life span than SOC.

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                            Biden has been saying the word 'allies' a lot and is China an ally? Not sure why yall surprised just because Biden visited and made some investment in Bejing like 10 years ago lmao

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                              JacktheIPhoneKiller, 12 Feb 2021A lot of this I think has to be blamed on these Chinese com... morePersonaly I dont feel confortable with how my data is used by Google and Facebook. Same way I dont feel confortable about amezfit, xiaomi and huawei. Yet I know I have no choice. This is the trade.. my data for their service.

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                                I think it's all stupid. If USA doesn't want to have anything to do with them, then fine, don't allow Huawei to sell their devices in USA. But leave everyone else alone. Huawei was a healthy competition and it made everyone else push hard on improvements and innovations. Since Huawei was forced to drop from market because of USA, it feels like everyone just went into stagnation mode.

                                  Anonymous, 12 Feb 2021But you don't. There is nothing on par with Huawei... moreThat's where we differ. I could care less about making night time day.

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                                    Lyndino, 12 Feb 2021Like how the p30 / p40 were on par with the quality of Appl... more'Like how the p30 / p40 were on par with the quality of Apple and Samsung and cost the same'

                                    Not exactly. In my place, Huawei always the cheapest one. Just bought vanilla P40 for $500 brand new last month. Compact flagship specs, yet with a camera setup that no other brands on its price range can touch its camera quality. A near 1 inch camera sensor.

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                                      I live in the EU. On one side there is Google, Microsoft, Facebook and other US companies that God knows how they manage my data. On the other side the Chinese manufacturers that might do the exact same thing we know from Snowden that USA did. The way I see it, this is politics over data. I think the only secure phone is an oldschool NOKIA with nothing smart about it. Privacy is a compromise in today's world.

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                                        Lyndino, 12 Feb 2021Like how the p30 / p40 were on par with the quality of Appl... moreBut you don't. There is nothing on par with Huawei's night photography from any other phone vendor. So if you value taking photos at night, you are stuck with an inferior alternative.