In an Economic Times article about how Tesla’s ties to China could scuttle a Tesla–SpaceX merger, UCLA’s Christopher Tang, a professor at the Anderson School of Management who specializes in global supply chains, explained that a potential solution — a separate Tesla licensing deal with China — could carry its own regulatory risks. Ongoing technology transfers, such as software upgrades for self-driving, to a Chinese entity could run afoul of U.S. rules, he said. Read more about UCLA in the Los Angeles Times.
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And Trump Media didn’t invent the concept of high-speed data feeds for institutional traders. As Stephen Bainbridge, a professor at UCLA Law, has pointed out, today’s stock exchanges already sell similar products, which are broadly considered legal.
