It may well be that foreign companies are merely encouraged to participate in mutually beneficial exchanges of know-how. I have no information either way on th

It may well be that foreign companies are merely encouraged to participate in mutually beneficial exchanges of know-how. I have no information either way on the subject, but generally, no, it not exactly a novelty that a government announces a grand intention, and mostly even sticks to the letter, but drifts significantly from the spirit when applying the intentions under the constraints of everyday political life. Not because of any specific malice, but because governments are huge beasts the sit on top of a huge intricate web of opaque incentives.