>>513999095
>it was retarded.
Yes. Befor China become chip-independent, the merrimutts actually had free espionage backdoors into Chinese computer systems.
Now? Murrica have lost them.
>Why was a trade war necessary in the first place,
Americans always think in terms of WAR.
Aamericans are planning to develop a.i. and eventually war robots.
They had to stop Chinese a.i. development if they want any hope of invaing China with advanced war robots in the future.
That's why they willingly banning chips to China, even though it was in their interest to infiltrate China with backdoors.
War always take priority for the anglo race, above espionage.