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Weaponizing physical lockouts over human assets replaces tariffs as the ultimate tool of tech isolation.
As technology rivalries intensify, dominant powers bypass standard economic tariffs to enforce direct physical bans and travel restrictions on elite engineering talent.
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World & Geopolitics
EU Summit Endorses China Talks "Plus" New Trade Instruments — as Budget Deadlock and Energy Prices Dominate Day One Traditional tariff barriers are easily bypassed by target countries routing through neighboring trade partners, pushing states to pursue more direct physical lockouts.
World & Geopolitics
China Clamps Down on AI Talent as US Blacklists Alibaba, Baidu, and EV Giants Both capitals now police elite engineers' bodies and borders — travel locks and record blacklists — rather than products, as the ultimate tech-isolation tool.