China is using America’s own trade weapons to beat it (www.economist.com)
from schizoidman@lemmy.zip to world@lemmy.world on 24 Oct 03:15
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cross-posted from: lemmy.zip/post/51604987

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What makes export controls so powerful for China is its industrial heft. Its manufacturing output—35% of the global total—is threefold America’s and exceeds that of the next eight countries combined.

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avidamoeba@lemmy.ca on 24 Oct 05:05 next collapse

Worse, a lot of US manufacturing is dependent on products of China’s manufacturing output. Destin from SmarterEveryDay tried to make a BBQ brush in America with no foreign components. He couldn’t find chainmail made locally. He bought some supposedly Indian one which turned out to actually be made in China.

eleijeep@piefed.social on 24 Oct 18:47 next collapse

paywall

schizoidman@lemmy.zip on 24 Oct 23:33 collapse
gandalf_der_12te@discuss.tchncs.de on 24 Oct 20:21 collapse

good article overall, well researched and well written, feels very balanced when reading it.