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Re:US to ban transactions with ByteDance and WeChat in 45 days by perryizgr8 on Thursday August 06, 2020 @11:50PM (#24078010)
No it means US has a leader who is finally thinking rationally about China, instead of falling into the greed trap that most other politicians have been stuck in.

In my opinion, if China wants to be a part of the global economy, China must let the globe be part of its own economy. Facebook, Google, Twitter have been systematically forced out of China. Why should we let Chinese social media sites in our countries?

The specific act of banning TikTok seems petty and uncalled for, but we have to start somewhere.

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Re:US to ban transactions with ByteDance and WeChat in 45 days by alexmingoia on Thursday August 06, 2020 @11:55PM (#24078056)
No, we don’t. Trade restrictions on China are restrictions on the freedom of Americans.
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Re:US to ban transactions with ByteDance and WeChat in 45 days by perryizgr8 on Friday August 07, 2020 @12:06AM (#24078143)
I understand that this makes sense from a libertarian perspective, but I believe there are certain exceptions to be made when dealing with authoritarian, abusive, and dangerous regimes.

An example would be nuclear material and technology. US places a lot of restrictions on individuals' rights to trade these materials, but I believe it is necessary.

So not all restrictions on individual rights are incorrect, when it comes to trading with foreigners.

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Re:US to ban transactions with ByteDance and WeChat in 45 days by StandardFuture on Friday August 07, 2020 @12:04AM (#24078132)
Blocking two companies is not restricting trade with China. It is restricting trade with two companies.

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sigh

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