Tech war endgame


Unwitting assistance: The US still cannot comprehend that China’s tech gains will only multiply when challenged, says the writer. — Reuters

THROUGHOUT this year, the most incessant and pernicious concern most countries share has been Washington’s “reciprocal” tariffs.

The fact that Donald Trump hit the whole world with tariffs since returning to office in January assured him of global attention, but of the negative sort.

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