U.S. widens trade blacklist to include some of China’s top AI startups

Re:U.S. widens trade blacklist to include some of China’s to... by newfriend on Tuesday October 08, 2019 @08:11PM (#21198657)

Great comment.

It has absolutely been a problem for decades, and most likely a well-known one. I was recently watching a collection of old jokes from Saturday Night Live from the 90s, and came upon this from Weekend Update in 1996:

> Following the surprise withdrawal of his nominee Anthony Lake, President Clinton has chosen acting CIA director George Tenant to head up the agency. Now all he needs is the approval of the House, the Senate, and this Chinese guy. [Photo of elderly bespectacled Asian man]

https://snltranscripts.jt.org/96/96pupdate.phtml

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Re:U.S. widens trade blacklist to include some of China’s to... by cat199 on Tuesday October 08, 2019 @10:55PM (#21199557)

probably a reference to this whole thing:

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1996_United_States_campaign_fi...

some posit that this (may have) helped elect the clintons who in turn moved for the WTO/trade liberalization.

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