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Re:US to ban transactions with ByteDance and WeChat in 45 days by Aunche on Friday August 07, 2020 @11:15AM (#24082755)
What's most likely to happen if we try an outright ban is that Vietnam and similar developing countries will start slapping on a "Made in Vietnam" sticker on Chinese goods and exporting them to the US.
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Re:US to ban transactions with ByteDance and WeChat in 45 days by savingsPossible on Friday August 07, 2020 @11:25AM (#24082892)
And then we fix this next problem, right?

That is no argument to avoid a policy. That is an argument to prepare for the next steps.

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