I don’t get this atop Zuck asking Trump to exclude US tech companies from EU sanctions. Sure, you can just attempt a capital strike over this purely ideological position, but the EU has a much stronger indigenous base for software compared to other markets, and competitors will see it as an easy opportunity to explode in market share.
Even regarding some pretty existential anti trust suits from the EU, the Americans have consistently either coughed up fines or towed the line. But why suddenly try and exert influence over a trading bloc that has the economic power and (potentially) the political will to resist you?
I don’t get this atop Zuck asking Trump to exclude US tech companies from EU sanctions. Sure, you can just attempt a capital strike over this purely ideological position, but the EU has a much stronger indigenous base for software compared to other markets, and competitors will see it as an easy opportunity to explode in market share.
Even regarding some pretty existential anti trust suits from the EU, the Americans have consistently either coughed up fines or towed the line. But why suddenly try and exert influence over a trading bloc that has the economic power and (potentially) the political will to resist you?