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So now just outsource to those countries instead??
by Bayko 1y ago
So now just outsource to those countries instead??
- arcbyte 1y agoTariffs on offshoring are next.
- saaaaaam 1y agoWasn’t that already effectively put in place with the changes to the exemptions on how R&D is treated for tax purposes? (I’m not in the US so this may have evolved now, I’m not sure.)
- JumpCrisscross 1y ago> Tariffs on offshoring are next Unlikely. America has a massive services export surplus.
- ebiester 1y agoDo you think that matters to them? They'll burn it all down if they think it scores a political point.
- breadwinner 1y agoThis is good news for China: https://www.scmp.com/news/china/science/article/3318178/talent-gambit-how-us-brain-drain-chinas-brain-gain https://www.scmp.com/news/china/science/article/3318178/tale...
- nextworddev 1y agoLol, you really think the h1bs will go to China to work 996?
- breadwinner 1y agoNo, Chinese will stay home instead of immigrating to the US. China draws mainly on the talents of the best of its billion+ population. But America has had its pick of the best of the world's 8 billion people. If people stop immigrating to the US, then we will surely fall behind technologically, economically and militarily, and soon we will be making t-shirts for Chinese for $5 an hour.
- nextworddev 1y agoFor big tech 100k isn’t too much of a hit to hire the best AI researchers of Chinese descent, so they won’t be impacted.
- breadwinner 1y agoIt will be too much if the worker leaves after a month, or gets hit by a truck.
- mrguyorama 1y agoIf an H1B worker "leaves after a month" they get deported. Meanwhile, nothing in the world can prevent the Bus Factor so I don't see how that's even relevant.
- nextworddev 1y agodon't respond to him, it's just a LLM posting pro-China stuff on HN
- snake_doc 1y agoSCMP is owned by Alibaba, which is subject to the purview of the Chinese Central Government [1]. [1]: https://www.cecc.gov/agencies-responsible-for-censorship-in-china#:~:text=The%20GAPP%20has,follow%20its%20dictates. https://www.cecc.gov/agencies-responsible-for-censorship-in-...
- root_axis 1y agoThey could already outsource for cheaper than the cost of an H1B
- toomuchtodo 1y agoOhio senator introduces 25% tax on companies that outsource jobs overseas - https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=45146528 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=45146528 - September 2025 (68 comments) OBBB signed: Reinstates immediate expensing for U.S.-based R&D - https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=44469124 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=44469124 - July 2025 (370 comments) [15 year amortization required for international R&D]