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USTR Critical Of Japanese TD-CDMA Licensing
News for nerds writes "Yahoo Asia reports that the Office of the U.S. Trade Representative (USTR) said in its annual report that the Japanese government has so far refused to issue experimental licenses to certain U.S. companies to test the new TD-CDMA technology. It attacks China and S. Korea along the line. The funny thing is, according to Impress Internet Watch, the Japanese government states that no U.S. companies had actually applied for the license so far. ITmedia also reports the Japanese government didn't deny foreign application, while criticizing the government for too narrow bandwidth of TD-CDMA that can be monopolized easily. Is this the precursor of another wave of pressure onto technology from Japan?"
That is because Japan understands that there are better things to spend money on than policing a world that does not want to be policed. Our current dilemma with the Shiite Muslims in Iraq is a textbook example of why so many people hate this country. We should be trying to place the Shiite's in control of Iraq, but instead we shut down their newspaper for speaking out and issue an arrest warrant for the most important Shiite in Iraq. The Sadam opposed the Shiite and killed al-Sadr's father. You would think if we can't stay out of peoples business that at least we would be little better at diplomacy. I know I'll be voting anyone-but-bush in the next election.
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