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Re:TSMC looks to double down on U.S. chip factories as talks... by realityking on Saturday May 15, 2021 @03:22AM (#27163180)
> If I remember correctly, ones Rupert Murdoch famously said that it’s impossible to find a phone number to call.

Irbid question is attributed to former US foreign secretary Henry Kissinger who supposedly asked:

> Who do I call if I want to call Europe?

Like many famous quotes, it seems to be false: https://www.ft.com/content/c4c1e0cd-f34a-3b49-985f-e708b247e...

Even if he had said it, the EUs political framework has changed and there‘s now a “foreign minister”-like Post that is the EUs phone number for other foreign ministers.

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Re:TSMC looks to double down on U.S. chip factories as talks... by mrtksn on Saturday May 15, 2021 @06:07AM (#27163899)
Seems correct however it's not actually about the existence of a phone number to call but a tool to portray the nature of the EU. Of corse, every organisation within the EU have phone numbers that can be reached but there's no EuroTrump/EuroBiden/EuroErdogan to make deals with.
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