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Re:TikTok wants to keep tracking iPhone users with state-bac... by ng12 on Tuesday March 16, 2021 @12:30PM (#26479030)
Is there a good reason why we shouldn't sanction China like we do Russia, NK, and Iran? There's plenty of money to be made in those countries too.
Re:TikTok wants to keep tracking iPhone users with state-bac... by SiempreViernes on Tuesday March 16, 2021 @12:52PM (#26479394)
There are US sanctions on China.

There is however a huge problem with sanctions: you need to have a realistic plan for what you want to accomplish with your sanctions, or else it does little more than adding some friction to trade.

That means that if you want to actually change the behaviour of a nation using sanctions, you need to have modest goals, an acceptance of compromise, and a readiness to let the other side come out looking like a respectable partner. These are basically things the US cannot muster in the relationship with Iran and North Korea, and the American violation of the JCPOA has significantly eroded US ability to persuade other countries to impose their own sanction.

For China and Russia, the US alone cannot impose any important amount of sanctions and have them be upheld by third parties, the USA trying to block all imports from China would just mean the rest of the world needs to switch to using Yuan or Euros because that volume of trade simply cannot be replaced.

Re:TikTok wants to keep tracking iPhone users with state-bac... by macintux on Tuesday March 16, 2021 @12:45PM (#26479258)
One reason, good or not depending on your views, is that China’s GDP is 10x Russia’s, 20x Iran’s, and 1000x North Korea’s (and I have to suspect that’s generous towards NK).

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_countries_by_GDP_(nomi...

Re:TikTok wants to keep tracking iPhone users with state-bac... by mullingitover on Tuesday March 16, 2021 @12:41PM (#26479199)
> There's plenty of money to be made in those countries too.

Russia GDP: ~1.7 trillion

Iran GDP: ~0.45 trillion

North Korea GDP: ~0.028 trillion

Meanwhile, China GDP: ~14.34 trillion

Re:TikTok wants to keep tracking iPhone users with state-bac... by jonathannat on Tuesday March 16, 2021 @02:27PM (#26480838)
US has started to, with sanctions on xinjiang related companies, with sanctions on chinese officials over hong kong.

It's just a matter of time before more sanctions arrive. Because dictatorships are short-sighted and incapable of change. So let's say China tries to prod Taiwan with some military approach and fails. Or escalation of border war with India or Vietnam or Japan. Or increasing purchases or Iranian goods.

When there's a mini-war started by China in Asia, you will see a full worldwide sanction on China.