Winner Take All #208 | Ford Cuts Out Dealers on EVs, China Tech Update, SoftBank LatAm Goes Rogue

The episode opens up with a look at Airbnb's decision to exit the  Chinese market, a move that I see as part of a larger exodus of foreign  tech companies who've been unwelcome in China and continuously managing  complicated relationships with the Chinese government's regulators.  Next, as we see foreign companies exiting China, the government has  pledged to now support its domestic tech enterprises. Is this the end of  China's "crackdown on tech" or just more posturing? Also covered in  this episode, SoftBank's LatAm division leaving to start a new outside  venture and Ford CEO Jim Farley's comments on taking Ford's EV sales  direct-to-consumer, potentially cutting out Ford's vast American  dealership network.  
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