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Re:US to ban transactions with ByteDance and WeChat in 45 days by billfruit on Thursday August 06, 2020 @11:44PM (#24077952)
There is no evidence of IP theft being established against TikTok and ByteDance. Presumably they don't seem to have broken US laws as of now.

Do countries take to banning Boeing, if they find problems with PepsiCo?.

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Re:US to ban transactions with ByteDance and WeChat in 45 days by Udik on Friday August 07, 2020 @03:17AM (#24079218)
> There is no evidence of IP theft being established against TikTok and ByteDance

Actually, the forced acquisition of TikTok by MS and its Instagram copy are instances of the US copying from the Chinese.

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Re:US to ban transactions with ByteDance and WeChat in 45 days by remarkEon on Thursday August 06, 2020 @11:59PM (#24078091)
No, but they certainly could if it suited their interests. What I find interesting in this thread is this assumption of both proportionality and rationality from the other party. China isn't, and hasn't, followed the same rules as the rest of the West. Why would we expect them to now? Moreover, from a game theoretical perspective it seems suicidal to act like they will, and then do nothing but complain about them "not following the rules".
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