Everyone is just asking for the government's approval without any public discourse or legal challenge. This effectively gives the government a free ticket to in

Everyone is just asking for the government's approval without any public discourse or legal challenge. This effectively gives the government a free ticket to interfere international scientific and industrial collaboration without any legal process. It is a dangerous precedent. The real damage is not the government said yes or no in the specific case of IEEE and Huawei; it's the fact that a consequential decision could be made on a whim by an unstable president and his hawkish advisers with zero public discussion.