jampekka 20 hours ago

Import substitution. Before the free trade ideology it was quite a popular and (usually) deliberate method for industrialisation and technological progress.

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Import_substitution_industri...

  • tartoran 17 hours ago

    But also no external competition causes no pressure to improve.

    • dr_dshiv 15 hours ago

      That’s why the Huawei story seems different.

      I think it’s about this attempt to block that actually makes the opponent stronger. The export restrictions were designed to weaken their competitiveness not enhance!

      The restrictions blocked asml and Samsung and others from trading with China. Now China can just replace them. It seems.

    • jampekka 14 hours ago

      Seemed to work for the space and arms races for example.