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Interesting comment about the undersea cable. It's no Starlink, but that level of infrastructure in the hands of a private company is somewhat unprecedented.
The Chinese export ban seems like the most important item here. They are dominating manufacturing and control much of the raw resources, so this is a direct and preemptive attack on Trump's promise to raise tariffs on Chinese goods.
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