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xp84 50 days ago | parent | context | favorite | on: Shipping a laptop to a refugee camp in Uganda

Forgive me, I'm unclear on one thing -- the import tax was added as a goodwill gesture? To whom? I mean, who was this done to placate? Not the US companies, and not the closed factories, right?

iririririr 50 days ago [–]

to whoever asked the foundries gone. this ensured brazil never had a chip foundry again.

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