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Why not? Isn't Australia free to not allow Facebook to operate in their country if they don't pay a fine? And if the US prevents them from doing so by retaliati
by raz32dust 7y ago
Why not? Isn't Australia free to not allow Facebook to operate in their country if they don't pay a fine? And if the US prevents them from doing so by retaliation or sanctions, that would actually be closer to warfare.
- chillacy 7y agoThe US almost certainly would, at least it did most recently when France wanted to put a digital tax: https://www.theverge.com/2020/1/23/21078574/france-us-digital-tax-deal-negotiations-tariffs-postponed-trump https://www.theverge.com/2020/1/23/21078574/france-us-digita... A consumption tax is a pretty good way to tax foreign companies though imo, as long as your domestic market is desirable.
- lapnitnelav 7y agoIf enough countries start doing that, maybe the balance of power might be different. Especially in the West.
- bilbo0s 7y ago>The US almost certainly would What happened with China? I know FB isn't really operating in China. (At least no one I knew in Ningbo had it?) So did we sanction China for that or how did that all work? Because, and I don't know if we did or didn't, but if we didn't sanction China, why sanction Australia? Was that situation different somehow? (Other than just "China's richer").
- luckylion 7y ago> And if the US prevents them from doing so by retaliation or sanctions, that would actually be closer to warfare. So? It's about power, the US has it, Australia doesn't. Australia can fine them a hefty sum, but nothing that looks like an existential threat to the company.