Taiwan: the technology trade turn

Taiwan has a general election on Saturday. The international media has highlighted the election as an important geopolitical pivot – namely, if the current incumbent government party, the Democratic Progressive Party (DPP), wins the presidency and legislature and continues its call for formal (not just de facto) independence from mainland China, that will mean intensified attacks on Taiwan by Beijing, perhaps leading to military conflict.

Taiwan: the technology trade turn

Apple Now Supports A Federal Right To Repair Law (Its Lawyers Will Help Write)

Apple Now Supports A Federal Right To Repair Law (Its Lawyers Will Help Write)

Here’s the thing: most of these companies haven’t genuinely changed their stripes. They just know that the bipartisan popularity of these reforms make it impossible for them to continue actively opposing them. So what they’re doing is lending their support for state laws, provided said laws exempt most of the key industries engaged in the dumbest behaviors.

Foxconn Selling Two Empty Wisconsin Buildings After Failed Promises to Bring Jobs to the State

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The manufacturing project became infamous when former President Trump broke ground at the site and red flags became immediately apparent.

Foxconn Selling Two Empty Wisconsin Buildings After Failed Promises to Bring Jobs to the State

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Roughly 100 homeowners and farmers were forced to move, sometimes under threat of eminent domain, so their properties could be bulldozed to make way for the campus, according to residents and village officials. The village paid more than 40 percent over market value for that land, officials noted.

Russian Experts Began To Study The Filling Of The American Drone MQ-9 Reaper

The Russian military has managed to recover the wreckage of the American MQ-9 Reaper reconnaissance drone from the bottom of the Black Sea. At the moment, specialists from JSC “Radio-electronic Technologies” and the Federal State Budget Institute “Central Research Institute of Aerospace Forces” of the Russian Defense Ministry are studying the electronic filling of the “Reaper”.

Russian Experts Began To Study The Filling Of The American Drone MQ-9 Reaper

How much did Trump-era tariffs on China cost Americans? New US findings confirm ‘self-inflicted harm’

Import tariffs placed on more than US$300 billion worth of Chinese goods during the Trump administration increased US prices, according to a report from a bipartisan US trade commission, confirming a widely held view among analysts of trade and tariffs that they caused “self-inflicted harm”.

How much did Trump-era tariffs on China cost Americans? New US findings confirm ‘self-inflicted harm’