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Et tu Bibi

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    Et tu Bibi

    Unlikely partners? China and Israel deepening trade ties

    So given the current trading spat between the US and China, you would expect Israel to be firmly on the American side.
    So while President Trump is slapping tariffs on Chinese exports and talking tough, Israel's Benjamin Netanyahu is happily encouraging his country's firms to accept Chinese investments, as the figures show.

    In 2016 China's direct investment in Israel almost tripled to $16bn (£12bn), according to a report in the South China Morning Post newspaper.

    Meanwhile, the Jerusalem Post predicts that China will overtake the US as the number one source of overseas investment in Israel.
    "The Pentagon is increasingly worried that artificial intelligence capabilities acquired by Chinese firms through civilian investments or licensing deals could find their way into a new generation of Chinese weapons that would threaten American troops and American allies.

    "The Pentagon is also worried that Israel could become a back door through which China could acquire capabilities that it could not get in the US due to regulatory scrutiny.

    "I suspect that this will place some limits on the extent and magnitude of the emerging Israel-China relationship. If an American pilot were ever shot down by a Chinese missile powered by Israeli technology, it would be a real problem for the Israeli government."

    The Israeli government declined to comment on these security and defence sector issues.
    What interesting times we live in!
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