China Strikes Back on Drones and Sanctions as Tensions Rise

China strikes back on drones and sanctions as tensions rise. China tightens drone export rules and sanctions American companies. Wait, wait, wait, wait, wait, wait, wait. What do you mean? You know, sanctions are us. We sanction you. They sanction the American companies in response to US restrictions. Are the two powers US, China? Are they locked in a cycle of tit-for-tat retaliation? Or that is, that is steadily hardening. The lines of a post-unipower contest. Oh, ho, ho, ho, ho, ho. Beijing's countermeasure. So China's Ministry of Commerce has announced strengthened controls on the export of drones, key components, related technologies to the United States of America saying, shipments will now be reviewed on a case-by-case basis. That's bad. I buy that stuff. I get stuff from DJI, drones and this camera that I'm on now on my Apple phone. I mean, this sort of stuff comes from China. I mean, that's a, this is what? Ministry also banned Chinese parties from dealing with several American entities, including biotech, firm applied DNA sciences. Accusing them of supporting illegal US sanctions linked to Xinjiang. Ooh, ho, ho, ho, ho, ho, ho. Additional sanctions were placed on a US company that Beijing said had assisted the FCC in measures that endanger Chinese sovereignty. Wow, that's crazy. They're China's security bad and China's development interests. All right, according to the financial times, which is my daily news, by the way. I get a lot of news from the FD. Some people don't like that, but I find in a world of mainstream media, they do a relatively good job of, you know, they're trying to be a little bit unbiased at least. So according to the financial times, the move comes in direct response to recent American actions targeting Chinese technology and goods connected to alleged forced labor. All right, so that context, that context of the escalation, Washington recently added dozens of Chinese companies to its list of those bad from importing into the United States over forced labor concerns that that manufactured, I presume. The FCC has expanded restrictions on, you know, I just talked about those. These steps follow earlier US measures that have already complicated sales for major Chinese drone manufacturers such as DJI. Love the DJI stuff. It's really good. It's amazing. And it's cheapest chips and you can open up the box, turn it on, and it goes up and it holds with a 4K camera on a gimbal. It's just like, wow, it's magic. It's really magic. But, you know, that's a danger to America. I don't know why, but you know, if you know why, comment down below. China remains the dominant force in the global drone supply chain, giving its export controls potential leverage even if it faces growing barriers in Western markets. All right, diplomacy under strain. Diplomacy under strain. The retaliatory announcements get you, get your tongue around that. It's not an easy thing to say, right, retaliatory announcements. Land weeks before President Xi Jinping is expected, otherwise known as Panda, is expected to visit the United States in September. What? Jesus, it's going to be great. I cannot wait. Can you imagine, right? Can you imagine? Oh, yeah, the mind boggles. I wonder if he'll go. I guess he will. Following Donald Trump's trip, the thing is, if he does go, will he, before he ends up on Washington, will he just, because last time he went over, he went to the, I'm sure he went to the West Coast. And he met, who's the crazy politician from California? I can't remember the guy's name. I think he's got ambitions of being the president one day. Maybe he will, but yeah, you've got, he went there. I think he went and had a sidebar with this guy and didn't even go to bloody Washington. So that was like, wow, that's crazy. So I cannot wait. We're not long to wait now. Next month, fragile trade truce reached last year has helped stabilize relations at a high level. Yet neither side has resolved the deeper economic and technology disputes. You can say that again. I mean, you want to see what's happening with AI right now. Oh my God. Oh my God. Yeah, I'll tell you what. I can understand why America, the administration and the lobbyists and the companies involved, will be effective at banning access to Chinese models. I mean, that's a big thing, right? That goes right to First Amendment. But they're going to have to do something to try and block access to these Chinese models. If you understand how it all works with technology like this, you can download the model onto my phone. I can download the, you know, they distribute it globally and they need to prevent access to the model. And you can't do that. So they've got a major, you know, it's like, how do we do the impossible? It's not possible. So we have to switch the internet off from all of all Americans. Otherwise, they can just get to it. You see what I mean? There's a major, I'll tell you what, that it's going to, I don't know how it's going to end up. But maybe they just say, look, America, sorry, but it's illegal to run a Chinese model in the United States with America. That would be enough. But that's a major, in terms of First Amendment rights. You know, that's a pretty big imposition on your right. So I don't see how they do it, but I kind of think they have to. Anyway, get it off track. Yeah, markets have already shown sensitivity. Well, she is in some Chinese technology suppliers falling sharply on reports of possible further American cubes, while that is inevitable. That is absolutely inevitable. If I could tell you one thing, we're going to get more American cubes. Yeah, so every American security measure now draws a calibrated Chinese response tip for that, right? A reciprocity. And every Chinese response hardens America's resolve. So it's an escalation letter, right? You're climbing up this letter. And once you get on the letter, it's really hard to get off. They don't seem to have the ability to stick it in reverse and go backwards. And just go, oh shit, we got this one. Let's get out of here. No, once they hop on, it's like, let's go harder. Yeah, okay, let's go harder. Oh, okay, let's go harder. And you've got this chorus of hooks that are in there going, let's get them one more, one more sanction. I think it's 21 or 22 sanctions. Now, from the west on, on ration, like presume others, it's gone nowhere. It's been an absolute failure, total debacle. It's had no impact whatsoever in my humble opinion. So I mean, look, if every American security measure now draws a calibrated tip for that, Chinese response, based on reciprocity. And every Chinese response, hardens America's resolve, which I think it's probably going to do, are we watching the very first step? Are we watching that first step? Are we in the early stages of a more permanent, technological and commercial separation between the two powers? Oh, my morning, morning, morning, good and guaranteed. Oh, my morning, oh, my morning, good and guaranteed.