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Comment by croes

5 days ago

You can’t trust US companies anymore, they easily can become a weapon in a trade war.

Beware of European companies too if there is a WWIII. Beware of Asian companies because China is not far away.

What a weird comment.

  • We are already on the brink of a full-blown trade war.

    It was already bad thanks to the CloudAct, but now it got worse. The previous adminstration at least tried to value the rights of EU citizens. The US now have the same trust level as China. Congratulations. At least China's support for Russia is more hidden.

    And the US already showed what happens if you don't comply to US wishes

    https://www.lbc.co.uk/world-news/british-icc-chief-prosecuto...

    Show me any other country that did this to their allies.

  • I don’t think it’s weird to worry about this sort of stuff, although I think trello would be quite far down the list. I’d worry about the impact of Ms being weaponised first.

Indeed...we are the only country that uses trade to influence others. You got us.

  • Who said use of trade? The threat are sanctions to ban the use of the software, like they cancelled the ICC investigators bank account on behalf of the US.

    https://www.lbc.co.uk/world-news/british-icc-chief-prosecuto...

    You're the only western country that enforces their sanctions on third party countries.

    For instance a german customer can't pay a german merchant via PayPal if he buys Cuban cigars, despite it's done by PayPal Europe S.a.r.l. et Cie s.c.a.

    And don't forget the things with Greenland.

What's an example of a US company being weaponized in a trade war?