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>economic threat
The magical spell golems like to use when they can't compete with something on the free market is "National Security Threat". Could be anything really, beans, cranes, coffee machines you name it, it works every time.

Americans buck broke Sony, Toshiba and the entire Japanese semiconductor industry through various means. Hostile acquisitions, promoting their rivals (TSMC only exists because Americans used them to murder Japanese chips), Plaza Accords, sanctions and if all else fails military pressure.

Something they're trying to do against China but failing since they have nukes.