Originally Posted By: mechanicx
I think the moral of the story isn't whether china can be effective doing this, but that they're bent on and will stop at nothing to corner all our markets. We shouldn't be so aiding our competitor and potential enemy.
I think their strategy is to force manufacturing to relocate to china by export quota, so in the end when (not if) the slave wages catch up to other nations they'll still hold a competitive advantage.
Similar to our high tech export ban to certain countries (like china). The most efficient machines still can't be sold to china and that's why their NAND and DRAM prices are still higher than places like Japan, Taiwan, and US.
I think the moral of the story isn't whether china can be effective doing this, but that they're bent on and will stop at nothing to corner all our markets. We shouldn't be so aiding our competitor and potential enemy.
I think their strategy is to force manufacturing to relocate to china by export quota, so in the end when (not if) the slave wages catch up to other nations they'll still hold a competitive advantage.
Similar to our high tech export ban to certain countries (like china). The most efficient machines still can't be sold to china and that's why their NAND and DRAM prices are still higher than places like Japan, Taiwan, and US.