I think I figured out trumps trade tariffs angle

[ivwshane]

You would think that if trump cared about his base that things like tariffs, that impact his base voters the most, would be walked back quickly or he would be speeding up whatever negotiations he thinks needs to happen. However that has not been the case, despite countries specifically targeting products/industries that impact his supporters.

So why is he doing it?

I think I've figured it out. He's doing it because it forces China to go elsewhere. Take a guess who would be one of the biggest beneficiaries from these tariffs with China? If you said Russia, you win!

I guess if trump can't unilaterally remove tarrifs from Russia then he'll go around them to help out his master.

http://thehill.com/blogs/blog-brief...t-of-russian-soybeans-amid-halt-on-us-imports

Obviously, weakening our status on the world stage as well as hurting our relationships with our allies is a big plus too but those don't have an immediate payoff like improving Russia's cash flow.

 

[Indus]

Lol.

Make America Grody Again

 

[ivwshane]

Lol.

Make America Grody Again

Tell me I'm wrong and that trump really cares about trade imbalances.

 

[Indus]

Tell me I'm wrong and that trump really cares about trade imbalances.

Don't matter to China as long as it gets its tofu! Fuck America.. they'll buy from Russia!

 

[NostaSeronx]

On the tech-side:
Russia Semiconductor Fabs already licenses tech from HLMC. HLMC does plan to use multiple Russian Fabs for 22nm FDSOI and 14nm/16nm FinFETs as second sources.
http://i.imgur.com/lG6EAj9.jpg

China overall is copying and verifying Europe:
https://ieeexplore.ieee.org/document/8369244/
^-- HLMC

https://www.semanticscholar.org/paper/ESD-design-challenges-in-28nm-hybrid-FDSOI/Bulk-Dray-Guitard/b2676d2b67b8ccbbe16aa263cd62a91a9ab4df1d
http://www.techdesignforums.com/blog/2014/06/20/14nm-fd-soi-strain-body-bias-low-power/

China has always been with Russia in the 201x(2010-2019) age. Reviving Russia's semiconductor biz is just one of many things, that China happens to be doing for Russia.

I'm pretty sure somewhere 6th gen stealth aerospace fighters are joint dev'd between Russia and China. (5th gen aerofighters in China specification.)

Sheer amount of military/drone applications of FDSOI. Whelp... China/Russia will be ahead.

The fun bit is China and Russia are using Nikon Precision for 193i sub-28-nm(28nm PolySi, 22FDSOI, 14FinFET).
https://www.nikonprecision.com/
Fab 2 and Russia Fabs will be using this: https://www.nikonprecision.com/products-and-technology/immersion-and-multiple-patterning/nsr-s631e

Government alliance dead, but Corporate alliances definitely are continuing.