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    Happy Medium said:
    Holy crap, that was unexpected. If the EO is read that broadly Huawei could be completely kneecapped no matter how much support the Chinese gov't provides it. China might be strong enough to stand up to America alone, but America + all the nations and companies that work closely with America? AKA the entire rest of the world? I doubt China is anywhere near that powerful economically.

    Edit: While I think Trump is a totally bat$&%t crazy person, and is likely a harbinger of rising fascism and a threat to world peace and order, he might, JUUST might actually get China to realize that they're far more reliant on the rest of the world than they think they are. Which in many ways is a good thing. With it's continued economic growth for so long, China and its leaders have developed a very "manifest destiny" type of nationalism. Where they think the rules don't apply to them and they can cheat/steal/subvert/and buy whatever they want and that it'll never turn around to hurt them. This has been in some way helped by normal politicians (and corps) being too nice and too averse to confrontation to punch back. A minor silver lining to the norm-destroying Trump cloud? Maybe. But I still don't think it's worth the way Trump is essentially destroying our constitutional democracy AND the world order that has kept a World War from occurring for more than half a century.
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    I am concerned about the actions the US is making towards Iran - but it’s a pretty complex issue.
    Aside from that I think Trumps foreign policy has been head and shoulders above Obama’s which was basically a rolling disaster. At the very least he has made genuine steps to try and deal with NK unlike any former US president.

    While the trade tariff war with China hurts people its a sort of chemotherapy type of thing. China isn’t playing fair and it’s only going to get worse. I’d rather the US bite the bullet now and stand up to China than in 50 years when the odds will likely be stacked the other way.

    If the EU had any sense they’d be backing the US.

    As for Huawei this was a long time coming. Personally I am always concerned about a company that has such strong links to the PLA. It’s probably a better safe than sorry approach to banning them from certain sectors of your economy.
     
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