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Re:US to ban transactions with ByteDance and WeChat in 45 days by billfruit on Thursday August 06, 2020 @11:27PM (#24077787)
What if the app publishers stop taking payments and ads from the US, in that case there may not be no longer cash transactions, so will the restrictions apply?.
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Re:US to ban transactions with ByteDance and WeChat in 45 days by sneak on Friday August 07, 2020 @12:36AM (#24078358)
It's not about money, it's about the contract itself. US companies are legally (criminally) prohibited from legally (contract/civil) engaging with a whole designated list of people/entities (the SDN list), as well as an entire list of countries (DPRK, Cuba, et c).

I imagine such bans will carry similar force.

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