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Re:TikTok’s Chinese owner offers to forego stake to clinch U... by fiblye on Saturday August 01, 2020 @12:13PM (#24021564)
Even if they were honest and absolutely no data ever went back to China after this (not likely), that’s still billions flowing right back to a Chinese company straight out of America if they’re purchased. If Trump is sincere about his America first claims, he’d have a good reason to ban it and make the product worthless regardless.
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Re:TikTok’s Chinese owner offers to forego stake to clinch U... by SpicyLemonZest on Saturday August 01, 2020 @12:29PM (#24021746)
There are billions flowing between China and the US for all sorts of reasons. I've seen arguments that complete divestment from China is the morally right thing to do, but it's hard to imagine how it could be economically advantageous for the US from an "America first" perspective.
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