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Temstar

Brigadier
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Think tankers orgasming over the Biden investment outbound restrictions:
Rumour I heard was it will ban US investment into companies where the majority business is to do with things like quantum computing or AI, note the word majority. If true then this would be a make job program for accountents to see how creatively they can structure Chinese companies to stay under the limit.

"Why yes this potato farming business does have a minor branch doing quantum computing, purely for potato and potato related research you understand."
 

FriedButter

Brigadier
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Rumour I heard was it will ban US investment into companies where the majority business is to do with things like quantum computing or AI, note the word majority. If true then this would be a make job program for accountents to see how creatively they can structure Chinese companies to stay under the limit.

"Why yes this potato farming business does have a minor branch doing quantum computing, purely for potato and potato related research you understand."

Is the US trying to hint to Chinese companies that they should sell themselves to US companies to access US technologies? Reminds me of that opinion piece saying one possible future of Huawei was being sold to a US company.

Most investments captured by the order will require the government to be notified about them. Some transactions will be prohibited. Treasury said it anticipates exempting “certain transactions, including potentially those in publicly-traded instruments and intracompany transfers from US parents to subsidiaries”.

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theorlonator

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General consensus appears to be that it's a big nothingburger. Consultations on a proposed very narrow investment ban - and even that will probably be watered down. Seems the SV CEOs had some influence after all.
I thought this is banning PE and VC investments into such companies?
 

Maikeru

Colonel
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What I am not clear on is how much this ban will actually affect Chinese entities in these fields? My guess is not much because there are plenty of other sources of investment but I am open to counter arguments. But if I am right, what did US expect to gain from this ban other than further souring relations?
 
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