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Re:Germany paying $5.5B for Intel fab by dontbenebby on Tuesday June 07, 2022 @10:44AM (#31655095)
> This is a very bad policy. We should instead invest in local companies, not a American monopoly like Intel.

The origin of the company is irrelevant if they respect basic norms.

How exactly is "intel" a monopoly when Advanced Micro Devices Inc. is also American?

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Re:Germany paying $5.5B for Intel fab by alaricus on Tuesday June 07, 2022 @10:49AM (#31655174)
> The origin of the company is irrelevant if they respect basic norms.

This is not correct. American govenment has a habit of using American companies to push foreign policy objectives.

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Re:Germany paying $5.5B for Intel fab by vegai_ on Tuesday June 07, 2022 @11:07AM (#31655473)
That hardly matters as American and EU foreign policy are almost completely aligned.
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Re:Germany paying $5.5B for Intel fab by alaricus on Wednesday June 08, 2022 @06:52AM (#31665536)
No they are not. The invasion of Iraq, the intervention of Syria, the destabilization of the Middle East are all things Europe strongly objects to.
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Re:Germany paying $5.5B for Intel fab by vegai_ on Thursday June 09, 2022 @01:21PM (#31684069)
Perhaps they were not, but things change.
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Re:Germany paying $5.5B for Intel fab by dontbenebby on Tuesday June 07, 2022 @11:32AM (#31655840)
I don't think such a person would live the full term.

Look how stressful it was for Trump after folks like myself declared we don't kill him or go to his casino, but go right ahead and keep him the hell away from me.

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