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This is the best tl;dr I could make, original reduced by 72%. (I'm a bot)

> BEIJING - China on Thursday imposed trade and investment sanctions on Lockheed Martin and a unit of Raytheon for supplying weapons to Taiwan, stepping up efforts to isolate the island democracy claimed by the ruling Communist Party as part of its territory.

> Lockheed Martin Corp. and Raytheon Technologies Corp.'s Raytheon Missiles and Defense are barred from importing goods into China or making new investments in the country, the Ministry of Commerce announced.

> Raytheon Missiles and Defense, part of Raytheon Technologies Corp., was awarded a $412 million contract in September to upgrade Taiwanese military radar as part of a $1.1 billion package of U.S. arms sales to the island.

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Pretty sure Lockheed Martin or Raytheon don't really care. Being American defence companies, can't imagine the US government would even let them trade with China

They can’t. This is just as hollow as their threats.

And in response, the US will ban the PLA from conducting combat drills in Oklahoma! Take that CCP!

Raytheon makes a bunch of parts for Boeing civil aircraft how is that going to work?

Don’t both of those companies rely very heavily on microchips from Taiwan in the first place? Don’t those companies actually have a vested interest in Taiwan’s autonomy?

Why isn't Boeing a part of this import ban?

These are two companies doing really well due the war in Ukraine.

It would be funny if it turned out they were sourcing all their parts from China and this does have an impact.

I guess they supply arms to Taiwan too like these Anti -ship missiles.

https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2020/10/26/us-approves-another-2-37bn-in-possible-taiwan-arms-sales

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Chinese chips (and other components) cannot be used in US military equipment.

So they must source elsewhere.

If China wants a trade war, they should get a trade war.

They’re not Chinese, though; they’re Taiwanese 👀

Taiwan ≠ China

intel is a very capable U.S design and semiconductor. Not that far behind TSMC especially if TSMC gets stuck on 3nm plus older nodes are preferred as they are well tested already and less prone to something something I forgot

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well there goes Ratheyons and Lockheed Martins plans to illegally sell to China.

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COngratulations for being the only one who is smart enough to figure this out

Wait, what? So Lockheed Martin won’t be selling F35s to China? Dang, there goes their business model.