US to ban transactions with ByteDance and WeChat in 45 days

Re:US to ban transactions with ByteDance and WeChat in 45 days by karterk on Thursday August 06, 2020 @11:35PM (#24077857)

Because many US companies have been at the receiving end of unfair trade practices, copyright theft and blatant IP violations from the mainland. It's good that we are finally doing something about that.

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Re:US to ban transactions with ByteDance and WeChat in 45 days by pqhwan on Friday August 07, 2020 @12:05AM (#24078137)

I dunno, it worries me to see popular narratives sinking back into nationalistic perspectives. This entrenches us in the “they did A, so we will respond with B” logic, and from there, it only takes a few “reasonable” exchanges between nations “just looking out for themselves” for us all to end up in a situation nobody wanted.

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Re:US to ban transactions with ByteDance and WeChat in 45 days by karterk on Friday August 07, 2020 @12:17AM (#24078231)

I agree with you on the overall perspective. But I do think exceptions can and do exist.

This not just a case of “they did A, so we will respond with B”. It's a case of “they did A, B, C, etc. so we are responding with X after 10+ years“. To be fair, successive US administrations across party lines gave CCP a long enough rope.

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Re:US to ban transactions with ByteDance and WeChat in 45 days by pqhwan on Friday August 07, 2020 @01:12AM (#24078579)

> “they did A, B, C, etc. so we are responding with X after 10+ years“

It’s the same, reactionary logic, that fails to give first concern for the desired end state. Delaying reactionary measures is what many call patience.

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