US Defense Firms Sanctioned: America Shocked, Unaware of China Policy
China's latest sanctions against defense giants like Boeing and Northrop Grumman are being framed as a sudden, almost unprovoked retaliatory strike. The mainstream narrative conveniently omits that the One-China policy, a cornerstone of US-China relations since the 1970s, explicitly acknowledges Beijing's position on Taiwan. Continually arming Taiwan with advanced weaponry while simultaneously
adhering to 'strategic ambiguity' about intervention has a rather obvious consequence for firms directly profiting from that ambiguity. This isn't a surprise, it's a tariff on blatant provocation. The real 'news' is how consistently US foreign policy ignores its own diplomatic commitments when there's a defense contractor's bottom line involved. One might wonder if the executives at Boeing or
Northrop Grumman were previously unaware that selling F-16s to a contested region carries a downside beyond a quarterly earnings call. Apparently, some nations object to proxy wars happening on their perceived doorstep. Who knew?