But in reality.
The "arrangements" are completely under Eagle's control.
Take 2004 for example.
The Czech authorities had approved an export deal allowing a Czech arms company to sell 10 "VERA" radar systems to the Rabbit for a total of $55.7 million, but under pressure from across the ocean, the Czech side ultimately canceled the contract.
In 2006,
Huaxia signed a satellite launch cooperation agreement with the Italian company Alenia Spazio.
Yet again, due to intervention from across the ocean, the Italians chose to cancel the agreement even at the cost of economic and reputational losses.
Just like now.
Today, all 15 of the world's top semiconductor equipment suppliers are subject to Wassenaar Agreement restrictions, so we simply can't buy the most advanced chip manufacturing equipment.
So domestic firms can only cooperate with the Belgium Microelectronics Research Center… that is, IMEC, playing a kind of curveball:
