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Re:EU Signs €145B Declaration to Develop Next Gen Processors... by CountSessine on Friday January 01, 2021 @04:47PM (#25607528)
Enhancing China’s CPU tech even a single generation is in the EU’s interest in exactly 0 alternate universes, along with this one.

As long as the US has the world’s only reserve currency and as long as the EU economy - especially the productive bit in the North - is built on exporting to the all-powerful US consumer, the EU has very little leverage in its affairs with the US.

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Re:EU Signs €145B Declaration to Develop Next Gen Processors... by usr1106 on Friday January 01, 2021 @05:30PM (#25607909)
> the EU has very little leverage in its affairs with the US.

The final word has not been spoken. Construction of Nord Stream 2 has recently been restarted despite the US threatening with sanctions.

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Re:EU Signs €145B Declaration to Develop Next Gen Processors... by aaronblohowiak on Friday January 01, 2021 @07:55PM (#25609101)
This thinking is how you end an empire
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