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Effects of China's Software Policy on World Economy?
guptaparesh asks: "The Chinese government is currently engaged in a comprehensive overhaul of its procurement policies and regulations. These regulations would ban non-Chinese firms from selling software to the Chinese government. Given that how much trade all the countries in the world are engaged in with China, isn't this a unfair trade move by the Chinese government?" A better question would be how this might affect the worldwide economy, particularly that of the U.S. and China. What benefits and drawbacks may China see as a result of this new policy? What steps might the U.S. take to attempt to counter it?
How the U.S. can counter it?
Simple, the U.S. government should refuse to buy software from Chinese companies.
(I pity anyone that mods this insightful)
The Internet is full. Go Away!!!
We could... force 'em to um... only buy Microsoft stuff. That would teach 'em!
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Last time I was in China, I visited one of their top universities (SJTU) and they were selling versions of Windows that did not appear to be legal in stores on campus. So this probably won't affect them very much since they don't buy software anyway.
How about a ban by the Chinese government on Chinese firms selling non-Chinese software to all the countries in the world?