Comment by sct202
5 days ago
The 18 countries with no restrictions are: UK, Canada, Australia, Japan, France, Germany, Belgium, Denmark, Finland, Ireland, Italy, the Netherlands, New Zealand, Norway, Republic of Korea, Spain, Sweden and Taiwan. https://www.wired.com/story/new-us-rule-aims-to-block-chinas...
Singapore and Israel are notably absent.
Israel probably due to NPT violations (same with India) and probably Singapore due to existing compliance issues with export controlled products being exported to China or Russia (same with UAE and India).
> NPT violations (same with India)
Just a small correction.
India is not a signatory to NPT. There's no violation.
That's the violation. Same reason Israel isn't included despite being a major NATO+ member.
Just because you aren't a party to an agreement doesn't mean you aren't in violation of it.
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Why are you singling Singapore? It's not a particularly close ally. It's like Switzerland, neutral.
Singapore is VERY close to the US.
One of the US's largest naval bases is in Singapore, they are one of the very few countries allowed by the US to buy F35s (F35s are interconnected, so being given entry into the F35 program means being given entry to the entire intranet used to manage it), and plenty of US Naval officers cross-train and study with Singaporean naval officers at NUS.
They’re basically Asian Israel.
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They're trusted enough to purchase F-35s.
Well, there's a bunch of different dimensions of trust.
Britain will work hand-in-hand with the US with regards to fighter jets, nuclear weapons and spy agency cooperation.
But America doesn't trust Britain's blood sausage and haggis, or its traditional unpasteurised cheeses. And Britain doesn't trust America's chlorinated chicken, GMOs or guns.
Take a look where (US) hyperscalers have presence, they still need to be able to expand.
Only having part of the EU is an interesting decision.
The rest need to split their orders into 1,699 units per shipment.
Perhaps Switzerland is too neutral as well.
Or Poland
Along with every other country in Eastern Europe, plus long-time NATO members Greece and Turkey. And in the West, there's Iceland, Luxembourg and Portugal.