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Re:US to ban transactions with ByteDance and WeChat in 45 days by pbhjpbhj on Friday August 07, 2020 @10:14AM (#24082048)
Isn't that exactly what USA are doing for USA companies, eg trying to force UK to buy USA comms equipment (giving USA backdoors too presumably).
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Re:US to ban transactions with ByteDance and WeChat in 45 days by treis on Friday August 07, 2020 @11:03AM (#24082596)
They are doing similar things in specific cases on national security grounds but it's not the broad policy that China has.
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