Comment by kshri24

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.