• jmcs@discuss.tchncs.de
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    5 hours ago

    Not really. The tariffs part is “build this in Europe or pay tariffs”. The IP part is “we’ll help you pay for new factories in Europe in exchange for access to your IP”.

    There’s nothing stopping Chinese companies from building the factories using only their own money.

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      5 hours ago

      Which it turns out they will, much to the acclaim of debt-broke German politicians. ahem CATL Thuringia

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        4 hours ago

        debt-broke German politicians

        the actual opposite is true…