Comment by the_gipsy
7 days ago
I was thinking the same. IT is a huge business, the best kind of business right now, the pinnacle of human technology at this point in time. America is the world leader in development, and "exports" of IT. You can't really tariff software, as it's some kind of IP.
On the other hand, much of the "digital infrastructure" is free and open. Perhaps if rival powers put enough effort into sanctioning US effective sales in IT, however that may work, America could lose it all.
> You can't really tariff software, as it's some kind of IP.
The bureaucrats in Brussels will easily find a way to do it.
Yupp, no one says tariffs must only be matched with tariffs. This is a big trade war.