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New US sanctions target workarounds that let Russia get Western tech for war (apnews.com)

submitted 1 year ago by spaghettiwestern@sh.itjust.works to c/worldnews@lemmy.ml

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Press release from the State Department https://home.treasury.gov/news/press-releases/jy1731

The number of targets differs but it appears to be part of the same action.

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[–] zephyreks@programming.dev 0 points 1 year ago (1 children)

The US has shown that they're willing to weaponize their position in the West to block development of technology by key rivals like Russia, China, and India. The dependence that these powers had on Western technology is a key motivator against war... But today? If the US can unilaterally restrict access anyway, what's the motivation?

[–] yogthos@lemmy.ml 1 points 1 year ago

Wars are very costly, and wars between nuclear superpowers would be world ending. US and USSR had no trade to speak of and didn't go to war for these reasons.