right now, affordable chinese products are keeping a lot of american smaller firms and businesses afloat, and are the only reason they can compete with larger players. for example, something like an industrial ultrasound machine from a company like siemens will generally cost $75,000+ or much more. it was out of reach for a lot of businesses, or would be a large investment with a lot of risk, or would require financing schemes.  then, china started pumping out much cheaper options with no analogues on the global market. industrial ultrasound units for $10k or even less. not necessarily as capable, but good enough for a lot of applications. if you cut off that supply, you will immediately fuck over a lot of americans. there are no domestic manufacturers of these kinds of products offering anything near those prices, nor will there be.  sanctioning china takes affordable technology out of the hands of normal people, and re-consolidates it back among the wealthy and larger companies. that's an unfortunate fact that has to be dealt with.
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