Oh, Donald Trump, the tech-protector extraordinaire, has decreed that countries he deems ‘foreign adversaries’ (read: anyone not American) are forbidden from touching American tech. China, Russia, Venezuela, Cuba, Iran, North Korea, Hong Kong, and Macao, all under the suspicious eye of ‘national security’. It’s almost like he’s trying to create a digital wall, but instead of bricks, it’s just binary code. And let’s not forget, ‘companies linked to Beijing’ have ‘used investments in US territory to access key technologies’, because of course, every company just randomly decides to invest in the US for no reason at all. What’s next, Trump? Imposing a 10% tariff on emails? This is the kind of move that would make any tech CEO roll their eyes and think, ‘Sure, Mr. President, we’ll just move our servers to Bermuda and continue business as usual.’ The escalating trade war with China? More like a ‘trade soap opera’ if I ever heard one.
Trump restricts access to US technology to countries such as China, Russia and Venezuela: they consider them “foreign adversaries”
