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Re:US to ban transactions with ByteDance and WeChat in 45 days by svara on Friday August 07, 2020 @10:29AM (#24082249)
It's one thing to call for a system of fair regulations that provide a level playing field; it's another thing altogether to essentially expropriate a company through executive action because it was doing too well.

Your comment makes sense and I mostly agree with it, but not on this submission.

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Re:US to ban transactions with ByteDance and WeChat in 45 days by cwhiz on Friday August 07, 2020 @10:35AM (#24082305)
I understand the sentiment but there has to be a first company. Someone has to be the first casualty in forcing China to either open their markets or exit our markets.

I do wish this was part of a broader policy instead of a one-off.

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Re:US to ban transactions with ByteDance and WeChat in 45 days by mikechen233 on Friday August 07, 2020 @12:07PM (#24083433)
The EO on bytedance is forcing Bytedance to sell all global tiktok operations. How is that a reciprocate issue? A reciprocate would be deny tiktok market accesses in US only. But clearly US gov doesn't want bytedance to exist at all. They want to kill it everywhere.
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