Comment by andsoitis
7 days ago
Preventing your government services from being dependent on a geopolitical foe is not protectionism.
It isn’t hypocritical.
It is obviously smart statecraft.
7 days ago
Preventing your government services from being dependent on a geopolitical foe is not protectionism.
It isn’t hypocritical.
It is obviously smart statecraft.
It is clearly protectionism. You can argue that is justified, but prefering blocking foreign companies to protect your nation's own interests has a word.
> It is clearly protectionism.
You're wrong. Protectionism is an economic policy where a government tries to protect domestic businesses and industries from foreign competition.
This is not that.
It is exactly that. US AI companies cannot compete with Chinese models because they are obviously way cheaper. That's the only reason why this is being done. Everyone with 2 brain cells to rub together knew this was coming. This is my comment from 17 days ago: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49956717
> Protectionism is an economic policy where a government tries to protect domestic businesses and industries from foreign competition
This is exactly that.
> It is obviously smart statecraft.
I don't recall Western pundits saying it is smart statecraft when China erected the Great Firewall.
> Preventing your government services from being dependent on a geopolitical foe is not protectionism.
That is exactly protectionism.