Re:Former Google CEO Eric Schmidt's Leaked Stanford Talk
by pas on Friday August 16, 2024 @03:35PM
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there was no loophole. the problem was that the USA did not enforce the reciprocity principles of WTO with regards to China. (mostly because business was booming. so short-term thinking got us here.)
Since then, it's become clear it's not the case. China have found the loopholes, their lack of IP enforcement and government corporate espionage have shown the relationship is asymmetric and to the detriment of the US.
Xi has also strengthened his hold on power dramatically, breaking with his predecessors gradual loosening of control. This leads to more risk of irrational ideological driven decisions such as war, maintaining prosperity is no longer necessarily the main driving factor.
Intelligence around Chinese military build up around Taiwan are concerning evidence of this. The Chinese economy's rapid growth is also slowing.