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Re:US to ban transactions with ByteDance and WeChat in 45 days by MattGaiser on Friday August 07, 2020 @04:34AM (#24079700)
> What's stopping Volkswagen from lobbying Germany to ban Teslas because all the cameras in it pose a "national security risk"?

Nothing. And it would not surprise me if Germany did it or at least put up a lot of barriers to help Volkswagen.

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Re:US to ban transactions with ByteDance and WeChat in 45 days by comoesposible on Friday August 07, 2020 @06:14AM (#24080327)
Hence Tesla is building the Berlin Giga.

It's not so much against straight out bans, but against Germany lobbying for all sorts of regulations in the EU to limit Tesla's market access.

With Tesla now having a huge factory in Germany, suddenly Germany will lobby in favor of Tesla.

Didn't people understand from the start that this was the primary reason why Musk chose Germany?

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