They could have just told Intel what was bugging them, rather than impolitely raid an office as if they incorrectly assumed Intel isn't receptive to feedback.
One thing (out of many things) the Japanese officials did to USA auto companies during the 80s, was force the delay of new US cars (that would be sold in Japan) by making the auto shipments sit on a huge boat at dock for 3 solid months, while the Japanese officials 'inspected' these USA export cars. And then the Japanese government charged USA auto companies a third of a million dollars for the priveledge of delaying USA auto shipments (Japan charged USA auto companies a third of a million dollars per shipment, for the docking fee that was due to the Japanese officials intentionally delaying USA auto shipments into their country!) On top of other things, this penalized the USA auto industries with an extra tax that was taken out of margins, meanwhile the Japanese auto companies didn't have any such charge imposed by the USA government.
Meanwhile, the USA government was basically bending over backwards helping Japan, by unloading Japanese auto imports on essentially the same day, even though Japan was delaying USA shipments and sales by 3 months in their market, given their own companies a 3 month lead time at every stage of the game. Since our government didn't even bother to enforce an equivalent playing field, in a timely manner, why would we expect our government to be effective this time around?
On another note, I'd like to hear an analyst ask about the situation in China - specifically, what steps are the governments taking to protect Intel's IP. Intel recently paid China nearly a billion dollars - if that isn't enough to motivate China to protect Intel's IP, maybe Powell should take another stab at it. But this time, our govt needs to be more timely about it enforcing equivalent policies, than what they were with Japan's anti-competitive practices.
Regards,
Amy J |
