No one seems to be asking the most illuminating remark about this situation: The US should allow TikTok if China agrees to allow unrestricted use of Instagram

No one seems to be asking the most illuminating remark about this situation: The US should allow TikTok if China agrees to allow unrestricted use of Instagram in China. That should have been the deal that Trump could make to expose the assymmetry of "open market" that China keeps touting about. Everything, all arguments in this thread fall apart if people are complaining, condemning US's move to block TikTok. I agree, the justification provided by President Trump hides behind national security, it would have been far better to make a case for free trade and unrestricted access to China's domestic market. Imagine, the opportunity for Instagram to advertise to a country of 1.4 billion people. The opportunity cost is massive.