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No, it's not a thing. Generally speaking, the president can't do much here besides ask companies to do this. There might be some ways he could force companies t
by openasocket 7y ago
No, it's not a thing. Generally speaking, the president can't do much here besides ask companies to do this. There might be some ways he could force companies to no longer do business with China, like declare sanctions against China, but they would be on shaky legal grounds. And by shaky legal grounds, I mean guaranteed to be challenged in court and go all the way to the Supreme Court.
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- coliveira 7y ago> can't do much here besides ask companies to do this Incorrect, the president controls the defense apparatus, which can label any country they wish a "threat to national security", which according to laws enacted since 9/11 can prevent American companies to do business with other countries. In the post 9/11, trumpian world, economic freedom depends on the mood of the president.
- dragonwriter 7y ago> which according to laws enacted since 9/11 can prevent American companies to do business with other countries. The most relevant law is the International Emergency Economic Powers Act, which was passed 34 years before 9/11.
- openasocket 7y agoIn my next sentence I mention that he could declare sanctions, with the caveat that it would be on pretty shaky legal grounds.