Both the US and China are now in a tit-for-tat escalation spiral with export controls that is corrupting the original export control system and making it function like any other geopolitical tool rather than a security-focused mechanism.

causalpending

Speaker

Scott Kennedy

Evidence Quote

it's basically a corruption of the export control system that we used to have and it makes it just like any other tool tool and and that's that's really dangerous cuz there are genuine national security concerns that and we need to keep technologies from our adversaries

Source

Are Export Controls Working? Field Notes from China’s AI FrontlinesAsia Society
Created: 8/12/2026, 10:23:42 PM

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