Chapter 305: Crooked_1

"Congress proposes punitive measures in response to the dumping by certain unfriendly economies,"

"Renowned foundational scientific research software such as MATLAB, CAD, ANSYS may cease services to certain regions."

"Sources indicate that the W and E series high-end Xeon CPUs will be subject to export restrictions."

"Multiple technology companies such as ZTE, Huawei, Yellow River Semiconductor, and SinoCore International are suspected of infringing patent laws,"

"..."

It was the seven-day national holiday, and the mainland had entered a peaceful rest period, but John was not observing the Lunar calendar and was straining every nerve to stir things up.

To most people, these media reports seemed incomprehensible; they wondered how software and computer CPUs could be banned from sale or use.

What about the allegations of dumping, patent law investigations, suspensions of imports—but why ban commercial exchanges with one's largest trading partner??