Starting? This was obvious way back in 2019, when the US decided to give China a little push developing their own silicon industry.
reply> It's too big, bright and resourceful of a country to choose confrontation instead of collaboration.
replyIt's not like we didn't try it. China first have to learn to make deals where both party benefits.
This has been clearly stated as what would happen going back several decades at least.
reply> I'm starting to think
replyThat's good. Keep going.
Well the big problem with china is that they do not respect international law when it comes to technology theft. But that argument is very weak when it appears that a lot of what they do is out in the open for anyone to replicate.
replyThat's how you catch up when you're behind.
replyNow the US is behind in EVs can you guess what they're doing? [1]
[1] https://evwire.com/p/video-ford-ceo-jim-farley-says-they-fly...
"argument is very weak" regardless as I said.
replyNo major power respects nor cares about international law.
replyIntellectual property is part of WTO agreements but enforcement is domestic.
US companies do it too, regularly, they simply hire and poach staff from competitors.
Proving it to be IP theft is difficult unless you can prove documents being passed. But often all you need is the know-how of the hired talent.
There isn't one global "international law" for copyright. There are treaties that countries negotiate with each other.
replyIf the USA wanted a copyright treaty with China bad enough, we would negotiate one. China is not breaking any laws here, international or otherwise.
yeah, America is totally out there respecting international law.
reply"problem" indeed.